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VRChat doesn't reflect human nature overall, just those who fail adapt to the mainstream and hide out online 24/7. High overlap with Second Life, 4channers, and

by _mb2v 4y ago

VRChat doesn't reflect human nature overall, just those who fail adapt to the mainstream and hide out online 24/7. High overlap with Second Life, 4channers, and heavy Discord users, less of an overlap with people who play competitive games or contribute to society.

imtringued 4y ago
Exactly, all thes useless people are wasting their life. Imagine how much they could accomplish if they joined the Russian military and successfully conquered Ukraine, they would be heroes.
npteljes 4y ago
I very much doubt this point. My reference is political comments on Facebook: these beautiful people, who otherwise do pay taxes, have kids and maybe even a picket fence, can spew hate and nonsense like there's no tomorrow, and they do so with their face attached. So while VRChat might not be a statistical representative for the population of the particular things you can encounter there, it really is just human nature and if everyone would be there, you'd see a similar level of unacceptable behavior, just maybe a different of that. What I think happens in places like this is similar to what happens in the crypto world. Money and financial situations can be abused hard, and it has been for a long time, so we have a good amount of rules, laws, international agreements and so on regarding it. Then crypto came, it kinda resembled money, and had none of these restrictions. So every trick is new again: market manipulations, all the different kind of frauds, all unprotected from the existing legal framework that we have for regular money. I think online communications enjoy a similar situation, or at least it did, for quite some time.
- _mb2v 4y ago
  The slice of humanity on VRChat is significantly more neurotic and hypersexual than the average Gen-Xer ranting on Facebook. They’re also more OK being inappropriate around young children, the other large VRChat constituency. It’s worse in VRChat than in any other VR game or online multiplayer experience I’ve had (and I’ve had a lot) except maybe Second Life. The Facebook crowd would be just as bad in VR, probably, but VRChat is its own sort of hive of scum and villainy.

by _mb2v 4y ago

imtringued 4y ago

Exactly, all thes useless people are wasting their life. Imagine how much they could accomplish if they joined the Russian military and successfully conquered Ukraine, they would be heroes.

npteljes 4y ago

I very much doubt this point. My reference is political comments on Facebook: these beautiful people, who otherwise do pay taxes, have kids and maybe even a picket fence, can spew hate and nonsense like there's no tomorrow, and they do so with their face attached. So while VRChat might not be a statistical representative for the population of the particular things you can encounter there, it really is just human nature and if everyone would be there, you'd see a similar level of unacceptable behavior, just maybe a different of that. What I think happens in places like this is similar to what happens in the crypto world. Money and financial situations can be abused hard, and it has been for a long time, so we have a good amount of rules, laws, international agreements and so on regarding it. Then crypto came, it kinda resembled money, and had none of these restrictions. So every trick is new again: market manipulations, all the different kind of frauds, all unprotected from the existing legal framework that we have for regular money. I think online communications enjoy a similar situation, or at least it did, for quite some time.

_mb2v 4y ago
The slice of humanity on VRChat is significantly more neurotic and hypersexual than the average Gen-Xer ranting on Facebook. They’re also more OK being inappropriate around young children, the other large VRChat constituency. It’s worse in VRChat than in any other VR game or online multiplayer experience I’ve had (and I’ve had a lot) except maybe Second Life. The Facebook crowd would be just as bad in VR, probably, but VRChat is its own sort of hive of scum and villainy.