do the gurus actually look at this forum?
Or is it just an echo chamber for us to complain to each other?
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- I was ignored a few days when I posted a clip of lag on my nieces game. I wasn’t rude, I tagged Gurus and was blanked. Don’t get me wrong i know they are busy so I’m not offended. I’m not saying I want Gurus to hang out here 24/7 that’s not their job but I don’t think posting selfies and sharing weird memes on twitter is part of their job either.
I agree, they don’t want to come here, that’s been proven over the years. I just don’t think it’s good to ignore a section of your community. It’s not that common from my experience in other communities and I don’t think it’s very inclusive at all. "geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
If you haven't been ignored yet then you just got lucky. They simply can't reply to all 20.000+ followers. It's not possible. (I wouldn't even necessarily call it "ignored" but simply "overlooked".)
On the forums they can write a reply in a thread which focuses on a specific topic and everyone who cares about that topic can see it. On Twitter you often don't even know what they replied to because tweets get deleted or Twitters are private."MidnightAura;c-16820307" wrote:
I was ignored a few days when I posted a clip of lag on my nieces game. I wasn’t rude, I tagged Gurus and was blanked. Don’t get me wrong i know they are busy so I’m not offended. I’m not saying I want Gurus to hang out here 24/7 that’s not their job but I don’t think posting selfies and sharing weird memes on twitter is part of their job either.
I agree, they don’t want to come here, that’s been proven over the years. I just don’t think it’s good to ignore a section of your community. It’s not that common from my experience in other communities and I don’t think it’s very inclusive at all.
Win!! ;)"wormstache999;c-16820313" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
If you haven't been ignored yet then you just got lucky. They simply can't reply to all 20.000+ followers. It's not possible. (I wouldn't even necessarily call it "ignored" but simply "overlooked".)
On the forums they can write a reply in a thread which focuses on a specific topic and everyone who cares about that topic can see it. On Twitter you often don't even know what they replied to because tweets get deleted or Twitters are private.
Totally agree and it's more organised than a random tweets being thrown from every direction.."simgirl1010;c-16819958" wrote:
Some may think it unfair but the gurus are quick to respond to suggestions on Twitter. A few examples just from today.
https://twitter.com/CandyGunpowder/status/1060028455998214144?s=19
https://twitter.com/SimGuruGraham/status/1060328429227134977?s=19
and
https://twitter.com/JaviTrulove/status/1059959033162055680?s=19
https://twitter.com/SimGuruGraham/status/1060329708464701440?s=19
and
https://twitter.com/Geoffrey1988/status/1060291838802845698?s=19
https://twitter.com/SimGuruGraham/status/1060320588630114304?s=19
I know it's not a solution most want to hear but you could try tweeting with a link back to the form post.
we mention *all* of these things in the forums. Why not respond here? Honestly, I think they prefer twitter largely because they can pick and choose what they answer (i.e., easy questions) and still make it look like they have a lot of communication with the community.
you know, while ignoring all the deep issues we post about here."geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
dude, I've tweeted questions countless time and eventually gave up since they were not getting answered. No, the gurus pick and choose and answer only the easy questions."wormstache999;c-16820313" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
If you haven't been ignored yet then you just got lucky. They simply can't reply to all 20.000+ followers. It's not possible. (I wouldn't even necessarily call it "ignored" but simply "overlooked".)
On the forums they can write a reply in a thread which focuses on a specific topic and everyone who cares about that topic can see it. On Twitter you often don't even know what they replied to because tweets get deleted or Twitters are private.
Not so - when a Guru replies to my post and I have not seen it and clicked it - it gets sent to my twitter page as long as I am a follower of that Guru - twitter always lets me know when I have a reply I may have missed as well as when something I posted was liked. You do not miss your replies unless you don't go to your home twitter page. You get Notifications the minute you go on twitter (across the top of the page under Notifications) with a number of how many replies etc you have gotten that you had not clicked on. So if you still missed them or they got lost on a Guru's page - they are on your own page - you click them and it takes you right to the post."MidnightAura;c-16820307" wrote:
I was ignored a few days when I posted a clip of lag on my nieces game. I wasn’t rude, I tagged Gurus and was blanked. Don’t get me wrong i know they are busy so I’m not offended. I’m not saying I want Gurus to hang out here 24/7 that’s not their job but I don’t think posting selfies and sharing weird memes on twitter is part of their job either.
I agree, they don’t want to come here, that’s been proven over the years. I just don’t think it’s good to ignore a section of your community. It’s not that common from my experience in other communities and I don’t think it’s very inclusive at all.
Were you tagging a Guru for Consoles? You need to follow and tag the proper Guru's depending on what game and equipment it is for which if you tagged a Guru for the pc with a console question - that also may be why they did not answer you."Writin_Reg;c-16820359" wrote:
"wormstache999;c-16820313" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
If you haven't been ignored yet then you just got lucky. They simply can't reply to all 20.000+ followers. It's not possible. (I wouldn't even necessarily call it "ignored" but simply "overlooked".)
On the forums they can write a reply in a thread which focuses on a specific topic and everyone who cares about that topic can see it. On Twitter you often don't even know what they replied to because tweets get deleted or Twitters are private.
Not so - when a Guru replies to my post and I have not seen it and clicked it - it gets sent to my twitter page as long as I am a follower of that Guru - twitter always lets me know when I have a reply I may have missed as well as when something I posted was liked. You do not miss your replies unless you don't go to your home twitter page. You get Notifications the minute you go on twitter with a number of how many replies etc you have gotten that you had no clicked on. So if you still missed them or they got lost on a Guru's page - they are on your own page - you click them and it takes you right to the post.
Yep, of course we can view the tweet that has been replied and we will eventually get the notification... but, what he/she meant is, when the tweet got deleted or went to private.. because the tweets can be deleted before we can even read it..unless you install some apps to recover the deleted tweets/DMs."Writin_Reg;c-16820359" wrote:
"wormstache999;c-16820313" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
If you haven't been ignored yet then you just got lucky. They simply can't reply to all 20.000+ followers. It's not possible. (I wouldn't even necessarily call it "ignored" but simply "overlooked".)
On the forums they can write a reply in a thread which focuses on a specific topic and everyone who cares about that topic can see it. On Twitter you often don't even know what they replied to because tweets get deleted or Twitters are private.
Not so - when a Guru replies to my post and I have not seen it and clicked it - it gets sent to my twitter page as long as I am a follower of that Guru - twitter always lets me know when I have a reply I may have missed as well as when something I posted was liked. You do not miss your replies unless you don't go to your home twitter page. You get Notifications the minute you go on twitter (across the top of the page under Notifications) with a number of how many replies etc you have gotten that you had not clicked on. So if you still missed them or they got lost on a Guru's page - they are on your own page - you click them and it takes you right to the post.
I think there is a misunderstanding here. Maybe I wasn't wording it correctly. I meant the Gurus probably overlook some tweets because they can't check hundreds or maybe even thousands of tweets. Even if they get notifications they most likely don't have time to read through all these tweets.
And my second part was about scrolling through the Guru's Twitter feed - Sometimes you'll find replies where they say something like "Nope, not going to happen" and you can't see what they responded to because it only shows "Tweet unavailable"."xamira99;c-16820366" wrote:
"Writin_Reg;c-16820359" wrote:
"wormstache999;c-16820313" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820277" wrote:
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16820250" wrote:
"geminiagre;c-16820031" wrote:
I get that, but since Twitter is more efficient, why not use it? They can interact with more players about more subjects in less time on Twitter. And that's the goal here. To interact with as many people as possible, about as many things as possible. Times change, they move forward. So should we. Plus it's better at Twitter for us too. As usually the communication feels more personal, immidiate and friendly
Twitter is NOT MORE EFFICIENT!!!!!
It is just another way to be ignored with more LIMITED amounts to be able to write. It is also another way for the "cool popular kids" to exclude parts of the community.
I've never been ignored on Twitter. Nor have I ever seen any other simmer get ignored unless they were rude or kept asking the same thing over and over again even though it has been answered multiple times. And who are the cool popular kids?
If you haven't been ignored yet then you just got lucky. They simply can't reply to all 20.000+ followers. It's not possible. (I wouldn't even necessarily call it "ignored" but simply "overlooked".)
On the forums they can write a reply in a thread which focuses on a specific topic and everyone who cares about that topic can see it. On Twitter you often don't even know what they replied to because tweets get deleted or Twitters are private.
Not so - when a Guru replies to my post and I have not seen it and clicked it - it gets sent to my twitter page as long as I am a follower of that Guru - twitter always lets me know when I have a reply I may have missed as well as when something I posted was liked. You do not miss your replies unless you don't go to your home twitter page. You get Notifications the minute you go on twitter with a number of how many replies etc you have gotten that you had no clicked on. So if you still missed them or they got lost on a Guru's page - they are on your own page - you click them and it takes you right to the post.
Yep, of course we can view the tweet that has been replied and we will eventually get the notification... but, what he/she meant is, when the tweet got deleted or went to private.. because the tweets can be deleted before we can even read it..unless you install some apps to recover the deleted tweets/DMs.
And we just blindly tweet stuff to the gurus without really being able to see what other stuff has been tweeted to them that has not been answered. Twitter is chaotic. The forums are much better organized.
