So it’s completely ok and intentionally designed that people can just go grab 10-15 posts you’ve made and go on a long rant with no basis in reality that you’re using AI, and try to get people to hate you? How does that make any sense? It contributed nothing to the discussion whatsoever. If that’s the case, this might not be the place for me, and you can certainly expect others won’t want to be here either. That’s just as bad as reddit.
Witch hunting is going to quickly destroy Lemmy, and prevent it from flourishing
https://lemmy.world/post/21903219
Witch hunting is going to quickly destroy Lemmy, and prevent it from flourishing - Lemmy.World
I made a post earlier this week, which was met with an aggressive hostile witch
hunter who apparently has nothing better to do then just try to insinuate
flaming / witch hunting towards me because they don’t like what they’re reading.
https://lemmy.world/comment/13395720 [https://lemmy.world/comment/13395720] This
is possibly the third time I’ve dealt with a super, aggressively toxic person
who comes in and writes a huge, massively long off-topic rant on one of my
posts… and what’s the entire basis of it? Witch hunting. Not responding to the
topic or the discussion post, just writing a big wall-length post of “this
person bad, pls upvote and shame”. He alleges I’ve used AI to generate my posts
or some of my writing, which is absurd and ridiculous, everything I say is
written by me, an actual human like tf? But even if he suspected it, why does he
have to go on a huge, massive rant and throw it out there, like what does this
add to the community? We have to really think about how we want our community to
act going forward, because this raises a huge concern. AI is not going anywhere,
it’s the future of humanity basically. Students are using it in college or high
school, many getting accused falseley of using it. So having people witch hunt
like the Salem witch trials “HES AN AI!” on posts is just absurd, it’s baffling.
But more importantly, the toxicity. This is what inevitably killed reddit too.
Someone with an ego so incredibly fragile they had to resort to reviewing
someone’s entire post history, and then comment that in a post just to… make
them feel bad? Shame them? like seriously? It undermines the entire purpose of
Lemmy or any other discussion board. To discuss things. They can’t be bothered
to actually discuss the point, they just resort to insults. Unbelievable.
Thanks for contributing in unneccessary witch hunting. You’ve shown that Lemmy can be just as petulant and inhospitable as reddit. Nothing I have ever written is AI generated, such a weird criticism and hilarious to lob that at someone considering that even million dollar tech companies who have made “ai detectors” have failed spectacularly with false positives. But you dislike what I say so you’re 100% correct, right? yea that makes sense dude sure.
Idk what point you’re trying to get across. Back in TBC everything was in game. Every mount and cosmetic. There was no shop. Collectors edition obviously existed, sure. How is cosmetics and mounts not content? It’s part of the game lol
You seem to have a very naive view on the world if you really think it’s so easy to just identify people and their true intentions. It’s not like people just introduce themselves like ‘Hi, I’m misogynist!’ sometimes they just hide for years until marriage or change over time. The point of swearing off seems to be protecting themselves from them by the most absolute way possible
World of Warcraft's monetization seems to be getting way more aggressive
https://lemmy.world/post/21883518
World of Warcraft's monetization seems to be getting way more aggressive - Lemmy.World
The monetization of World of Warcraft has evolved significantly since I played
during Burning Crusade over 10 years ago. Back then, the model was
straightforward - you bought the expansion and paid a subscription fee. That was
all you needed to access 100% of the game’s content. Today, I’m noticing through
my friends’ Discord group that the purchasing model has become much more
complex. Beyond the base expansion packs and subscriptions, there are now early
access passes, limited-time mounts (like a $90 dinosaur mount), and promotional
tie-ins with products like Mountain Dew and Doritos that offer exclusive
cosmetic items. Some players are even buying these promotional codes in bulk to
resell online.
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Example above, someone paid over $200 just to get some of the mountain dew
codes… This shift in monetization strategy raises interesting questions about
the direction of the game and MMOs in general. While additional cosmetic options
can add variety and personal expression to the game, I wonder about the impact
on the player experience and community. Does having these exclusive items create
a divide between players who can afford them and those who can’t? Or is it
simply offering more choices for those who want them? I’m particularly curious
about the psychological aspect of limited-time offers. The “fear of missing out”
seems to be a powerful motivator, especially with items that are advertised as
never being available again. But is this enhancing the game experience or just
creating artificial scarcity? Looking forward to hearing different perspectives
on this, especially from others who’ve witnessed this evolution firsthand. What
do you think about the current monetization approach compared to the simpler
model of the past? Has it affected how you engage with the game? TLDR: WoW’s
monetization has changed dramatically from the simple expansion + subscription
model of the past to include various limited-time purchases and promotions.
People today are scalping and reselling thousand of dollars of mountain dew for
in game codes
Yup I admitted that I use Facebook and people are angry about it up above. Oh well
Is it on coax or fiber? And do you still share that bandwidth with your neighbors?
Why do WoW players act like rats scurrying around for cheese?
https://lemmy.world/post/21882922
Why do WoW players act like rats scurrying around for cheese? - Lemmy.World
When I used to play the game over 10 years ago back in the burning crusade, all
you had to do was buy the expansion and get a subscription and that was enough.
Nowadays, it’s completely different. I have A friends discord group Where people
talk about things that they play and anything about World of Warcraft blows my
mind. They pay for the expansion, they buy the subscription, They paid for early
access, spent $90 on a single rideable dinosaur just because It’s a limited time
thing that will never happen again. Now people are also going out to the store
and buying hundreds of dollars worth of mountain dew, Doritos and other items to
try and get codes that they can sell online to others for a profit, for some
in-game cosmetics that don’t even look that good. I had to look at them and they
look just normal… Like, these players act like a bunch of desperate addicted
rats scurrying around for cheese. Anytime they release anything extra in the
game, you hear about people spending hundreds of dollars on it, in a game that
you’re already expected to buy the expansion and the subscription like what the
heck…???
Yeah lmao how else do you keep up with friends? You can unironically still use Facebook for friends only using Feeds > Friends
