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A bit of a tangent, but when it comes to consumable media I often hear the same lament: "X is great," (where X is a band, a TV show, a video game, etc.) "but it
by everdrive 6y ago
A bit of a tangent, but when it comes to consumable media I often hear the same lament: "X is great," (where X is a band, a TV show, a video game, etc.) "but it's got a toxic community."
I'm not sure how many of these things really have a toxic community per se. Instead I just wonder if you could more correctly say they have a "large community on the internet, which is usually caustic no matter the topic at hand."
- arp242 6y agoI've definitely noticed there is a difference between communities. Of course, no community is "perfect", and a lot of times conflicts happen just because someone having a bad day or lost their temper. That's okay, part of the human condition and all of that. What matters is 1) how you deal with things when someone is having a bad day (things can either cool down or escalate), and 2) how you deal with people who seem to be having bad days almost every day (i.e. assholes). If you don't do anything then all communities will gravitate towards toxicity; simply because non-assholes will get tired of assholes and will stop coming back, and then all you're left with are ... assholes, and people with above-average patience.