There is also a silent minority/majority/we'll-never-know-what. They don't speak up here. They speak through private mail or by leaving the game. Just like I seem to ignore some arguments posted here, I feel the very real concerns of these people likewise get quite ignored.
Well, you seem quite willing to take as fact statements about things that
have happened on the forum that no one seems to be able to provide any evidence of.
And your accusations of our confirmation bias pale in comparison to you simply assuming the existence of some silent majority/minority/we'll-never-know-what who see the forum and leave the game because of it.
I'm sorry, Tom, but I'm calling BS. Yes, it's possible that there are people like that. And if there are, then I'm sad to have them go.
But you know what? There are
real people right here. People we all know exist. People you are pissing off and alienating with every post. People who have
stayed in
your game. People who are talking to you, and whom you're treating as if we matter less than your hypotheticals. People who
like your game, and want to play it and enjoy it, but whose enjoyment
you are willfully eroding just because you never wanted this forum in the first place, and now you're taking the excuse of a couple of bad apples and a few heated arguments to rip out one of the most important parts of what makes the forum good for the game.
You have made a mistake here, Tom, a big one. And now you're hiding behind imaginary people to justify it.
