Hi all, Jamor here.
I'm posting in the general threads to amplify the message, as I know it's easy to skim over the sticky posts and miss things from time to time.
I want to draw everyone's attention to the new Forum Toxicity Rules:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/red-alert-toxicity-levels-rising.1065125/
tl;dr version: we encourage our devs to interact with our fans to a degree that's almost unprecedented in the industry among companies of our size. We don't want you to be fed just a steady diet of biz-speak and marketing spin. We tell you as much as we can consistent with the needs of business security. The flip side of that is the personal contact between you and us sometimes acts as an open door to abuse, attacks, and general negativity that our people are not paid or trained to deal with. We want our forums to stay vibrant, active, open places where devs are not afraid to go out and interact with you openly and honestly.
As such we've got a new system of infractions for toxicity...basically behavior that while not breaking other forum rules, contributes to an abusive, negative, non-productive atmosphere in the forums, directed at either the dev team or other fans. We have seen this sort of insidious force take root in other gaming communities and will not allow it to gain a beachhead here.
Give the post a look. The rules are fair and reasonable. This is in NO WAY an attempt to stifle disagreement and debate; that is the opposite of toxicity, it improves us and pushes us to always do better. What we are going to shut the door on is zero-value trolling, ad hominems, and nonproductive negativity.
My dev team is like a second family to me, they are incredibly smart, creative, hard working people doing a very challenging job. It is my professional, moral, and, here in Sweden, legal responsibility to ensure their well-being. I appreciate your support. Stand by for cool stuff coming up with 2.0/Apocalypse!
I'm posting in the general threads to amplify the message, as I know it's easy to skim over the sticky posts and miss things from time to time.
I want to draw everyone's attention to the new Forum Toxicity Rules:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/red-alert-toxicity-levels-rising.1065125/
tl;dr version: we encourage our devs to interact with our fans to a degree that's almost unprecedented in the industry among companies of our size. We don't want you to be fed just a steady diet of biz-speak and marketing spin. We tell you as much as we can consistent with the needs of business security. The flip side of that is the personal contact between you and us sometimes acts as an open door to abuse, attacks, and general negativity that our people are not paid or trained to deal with. We want our forums to stay vibrant, active, open places where devs are not afraid to go out and interact with you openly and honestly.
As such we've got a new system of infractions for toxicity...basically behavior that while not breaking other forum rules, contributes to an abusive, negative, non-productive atmosphere in the forums, directed at either the dev team or other fans. We have seen this sort of insidious force take root in other gaming communities and will not allow it to gain a beachhead here.
Give the post a look. The rules are fair and reasonable. This is in NO WAY an attempt to stifle disagreement and debate; that is the opposite of toxicity, it improves us and pushes us to always do better. What we are going to shut the door on is zero-value trolling, ad hominems, and nonproductive negativity.
My dev team is like a second family to me, they are incredibly smart, creative, hard working people doing a very challenging job. It is my professional, moral, and, here in Sweden, legal responsibility to ensure their well-being. I appreciate your support. Stand by for cool stuff coming up with 2.0/Apocalypse!