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Cities: Skylines 2 developers have noticed 'a growing tendency of toxicity in our community' (www.techradar.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Developers of Cities: Skylines 2 have noticed a growing toxicity in their community, which is affecting engagement and creativity.
  • The CEO of Colossal Order expressed concern about the negative impact of toxicity on the team and the community.
  • The developers still encourage helpful criticism from the community but ask for it to be constructive and kind.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm expecting this community not to say that a company deserves a toxic community and that being toxic is a totally normal and expected thing.

A few months ago, even , this was a place where people would talk about the game news and not revel in your average Gamer toxicity.

Now it's just, I guess, reddit, but worse because the toxic voices are louder in a smaller echo chamber. The people who don't ascribe to this kind of thing leave. The toxic people are all that is left.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Now it’s just, I guess, reddit, but worse because the toxic voices are louder in a smaller echo chamber.

Yeah I noticed that, too. All of Lemmy in fact. It feels like engagement is up, but only in select echo chambers of being angry about something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I understand your point, and agree that you have received negative replies that prove this community accepts a level of toxicity that may not have been there before. (To me it feels like the same level, but perhaps I've just ignored it or become numb to it)

I encourage people to engage in these topics with a level head but there will be exceptions at times.

https://eev.ee/blog/2016/07/22/on-a-technicality/

Reading the second half of this comments reminded me of this long read I was introduced to over in Beehaw.org (the evaporative cooling section). Left unchecked, only the jerks will be left and the nice people give up and leave. If a slower, nicer place for discussion is what you're looking for, Beehaw was where I found that vibe the most.