Yeah the level of vitriol for the consumer base by forum posters who are "just consumers" is kind of suspect. Here is mostly fine, but on another forum... yeah... it's a costume party "As a fellow consumer, I also think consumers are being way too mean to devs. I say they should get even more money for skins and lootboxes while being applauded as heroes! They work hard and we should accept anything that helps them out. For shame......"
This nauseating sympathy for “those poor developers” is gross. Once they decide to engage the mean minority by lobbing generalizations and insults, they’re no better than the people they’re complaining about and use that group as a shield to hide from legit criticism— “WAAAA THE INTERNET IS MEAN TO ME AND I’M JUST A LOWLY DEVELOPER DOING A JOB!!!”
Fuck that noise. If social media is so cruel, then stay the fuck off it. Let your community managers handle the flak for you, like they’re paid to do. If you’re going to proudly link your social media profile to your employer or your projects, then you get the rewards and the bullshit that come with doing so. It’s a conscious choice.
I don’t like the fact that trolls and death threats online are real things. That said, I’m happily a nobody who doesn’t attract (or necessitate) much attention. If people were to come at me, I would block them... or report them, if the situation was severe enough. If you want an echo chamber effect, make your accounts private and select a handful of yes people to follow you.
Any sympathy I could’ve had for these people vanished as soon as they decided to lash out and add fuel to the fire. Screw them and their disingenuous defenses.