Exemplar Voss said: I don't care about reddit or the trendy myth of 'toxicity.' {Which is really just a way of painting someone as a villain because they disagree with you, without conflicting with terms of service or moderation). Click to expand...

It's one thing to disagree with people. It happens all the time and we learn how to deal with it, both handling and displaying disagreement in life as children. Disagreement in itself is not toxic. But, of course, there are consequences in real life for expressing it and so we are careful to avoid the unpleasantness that comes with being too colourful. There are consequences for doing so on these boards but none for posting on other, less well moderated sites.Let me provide you with a rather gentle example of what I consider 'toxicity' from Steam:"Love these posts about Paradox supporting their games for years. Rofl... getting this kind of money for work of barely single person, without any need for testing as dumb and retarded community will do it for them and even pay em for doing that? They would be dumb to not "support" their games this way."This is not even close to being the worst of what can be found elsewhere but at least it doesn't violate the rules of posting here. This is not 'painting someone as a villain because they disagree with you'. This is just RUDE and unacceptable behaviour and thus, what some people consider toxic.Remember that discussion boards of a game, or a football team, or an author, whatever, will be frequented by many people who are there to appreciate the work and want to enjoy the community with others who share their appreciation. These boards are not only there to allow us to express our rage and disappointment with the product although that is a valuable part of their function too. With this in mind, it behooves posters to moderate the tone when expressing their feelings so as not to cause too much offence to those who are there to enjoy the product with others. Calling people dumb and retarded because they enjoy a product and support a company is toxic.