That really doesn't matter, when in rome everyone's gonna keep doing it unless its changed, at which point everyone has to stop or get infracted. That's what administrations job is to decide where the line is drawn. The people defending that right are exactly the people that rule would be brought in to deal with, if it was a rule you want. If it's not a rule that we want, because TYM is preferred to be laxer, thats cool as well, but you cannot complain that a lot of people go elsewhere instead.
Honestly I don't believe you, as I've been on about 20 different forums and even the least moderated of which was double as moderated as this. Maybe CS:GO is the exception I don't play that shit competitively and dont check their forums, won't speak on it. But it's certainly not the standard.
This is where it gets stupid. People are literally not even signing up for your website because they don't want to deal with toxicity, and you think telling them "toughen up" is going to cause someone to rethink that? You don't have to tell me, I have over 2000 posts. Some (many) people prefer the friendly communities on Discord, telling them to eat cement won't make them suddenly question their decision. Its the mods asking them to come here, and not the other way around. Remember that.
Yup, hence why its up to the people in charge of running the site to decide what they want. Nothing will ever please everybody, and as you said, some people will defend vigorously their right to attack other people, and on the flip side of the spectrum, some people will complain that TYM is too toxic and instead take their discussions elsewhere. It's up to the administration what they prefer, but if they prefer to allow it, thats cool - you can't complain when those people do go elsewhere when they find a place that they don't have to deal with it - its what they said they wanted. lol
Absolutely, I've seen this myself, and it's obviously a completely fucked way of a forum being run. Hence why "rules" have to just be "rules for everybody". That shouldn't even be a question, no matter how strict or lax the rules may be.
Discord is a great tool and TYM's flaws are far from the only reason that it's popular. However, it is definitely contributing to why people discuss their characters amongst a community of just themselves, and as a result, contributes to why tech gets posted in those chats instead of on here. That's not going to change without changing TYM. I'm not advocating for change on TYM. I don't care, I post here either way. I'm saying what in my opinion, TYM has to do if IT wants that to change. If it doesn't want to change, that's fine too. To make it absolutely clear, I'm not advocating shit, just explaining why Discord is popular, and I know this much because people have outright said as much. The owner of the Brainiac discord doesn't even have a tym ACCOUNT lol, how's he gonna wanna post it on here? Before the release of I2, there was a MOD of the TYM Discord channel who said he hadn't even checked TYM itself in months and doesn't plan ever go back until he needs I2 combos, because TYM is so toxic and he doesn't even wanna READ that shit let alone deal with it, and Discord is a real community. I've heard a hundred similar accounts from people about Discord since I joined it and started pushing for it's growth here on TYM, and more since the release of I2 within the individual character communities. Take this stuff into account, or don't, but it's just explaining why people aren't posting on here as much but everything is on Discord.
