Board Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-10733658-20160528202444/@comment-25047329-20160531041053

Recently, we've been hit with a repetitive issue and I don't think I need to specify at this point. One thing I think we need to make clear is that criticism against characters is fine, but not spam. If you have criticisms against a character, discussion and giving reasons should be encouraged, and one off comments like "this character sucks and is useless lol!!!!" should be discouraged. Since these are fictional characters there's a sort of grey zone users take advantage of to post inflammatory things while not aiming it at anyone in particular. It's the sort of thing that wouldn't be so bad if it happened once in a while, but it's become the norm.

This next one might be little more tricky, but I'll throw the idea out there anyway. It's a lowkey issue though involving repetitive posts. Not necessarily spam, but I've seen users get carried away with their opinions in the sense that they feel the need to post the near same exact response every time a certain topic comes up. Sometimes, it gets to the point that others have gotten frustrated with seeing the repetition and arguments have started. This one is again, an issue in a grey zone. The repetitive users aren't necessarily doing anything wrong (or trying to), but occasionally it happens enough times to become an annoyance to others until emotions boil over. Like I said though, this one is more of a lowkey issue, and one that might not have a proper resolution.

No taunting others if a story progresses in a way you desire. What I mean by this is that in a suspenseful manga like TG, everyone has their own idea of how something might play out. Fortunately, everyone usually handles things gracefully, but occasionally users can get carried away. The worst of it is when either a notable character dies or wins or losses a highly anticipated fight. For example, I remember when Ihei died. She was a very polarizing character, so there was a strong group of people not only happy that she died, but rubbing it everyone's faces. If someone expressed sadness over her death, they would be taunted or met with passive aggressive remarks. Another example is when Kaneki defeated Eto. There was one particular user who made it a point to go on multiple pages, to multiple posts, to older posts sometimes spanning days, to locate all the posts they could find pertaining to Kaneki and Eto's fight to rub it in everyone's faces that Kaneki won. This sort of behavior is really really distasteful. It's one thing being happy that the story progressed the way one hoped, but not to the point there's borderline harassment.

To summarize things I hope get addressed:
 * Clarifying that criticism towards characters is fine, but, they should encourage healthy discussion and one-off baity comments are looked down upon.


 * Reduction of repetitive comments, especially if they don't add anything to discussion and are only there to make the poster's opinion known for the sake of being known.


 * This is probably the one that bothers me the most. If the story progresses the way you hoped, be a "good sport". We get it. You really wanted this thing to happen and it did. No need to put everyone else down for being the "loser".

Now after all this rambling, idk how to end this post properly, so here's a random birb emoticon: ⋋(◍’◊’◍)⋌

It's now the mascot of this thread symbolizing the concerns of the community, hoping to fly away from all the problems, but it can't so it's forever frozen in a silent scream.