SimGuru Silence on Twitter: When Will They Respond?

"temporalgod;c-18071032" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-18070917" wrote:
I think they are tired of the personal attacks/insults/cries for them to loose their job all the time. It's important for them to protect their mental health. I know last year a guru got called out for blocking simmers and everyone . Poor guy was literally protecting his mental health and trying to keep his sanity from player harassment. Then he got berated for blocking because apparently he's suppose to sit back quietly and take the attacks like a slave for simmers.

In my own personal opinion I kind of hope they don't respond. I wouldn't as a dev.
My mom always told me it's not "what" you say it's "how" you say it. If people have a problem there's no reason we can't all sit down and discuss like civilized adults. But that's not what I saw/see happening on social media.
I also question the tons of players I saw on Twitter very aware of potential bugs reviewed by game changers and tons of warnings. Yet they still brought the pack and then proceeded to curse out gurus.
I don't think people understand they are not obligated to do or say anything. They could be like
A lot of other gaming companies not engage at all no matter what your problem is.

I also take into consideration they are working from home. There is nobody in my life that I know who has not been affected by the ongoing pandemic, jobs especially, as if work is not stressful enough on it's own.
And even if things did not come out exactly as they had hoped with the pack I acknowledge the fact that they tried. And I can appreciate the intention and what they put into it.
Sorry if this is not the answer people want to hear but I don't agree with how the whole thing has been handled by players and I feel the way I feel. Plus with all that said they probably need permission from managers or whoever to say exactly what higher ups want. Things they say can affect the whole company they can't just say anything. It's up to whoever is in charge to decide how they want to proceed, if and what they want to respond.

And the funny/sad part is, regardless of what they say or how they respond they will be met with animosity either way. Gurus have issued apologies in the past only to be called fake and condescending. They can't win no matter what they do. So if they never respond I'd be okay with it.

Blocking isn't going to help their mental health, all it does is add more fuel to the fire, blocking just makes you look cowardly and weak, all it tells me is that the other person won the argument, If the Gurus need to protect their mental health all they have to do is take breaks from social media, when I post something controversial on Twitter, I'm not going to delete it or block the people I may have angered, I'm either going to take those insults like a man or Ignore them entirely since their opinions don't matter to me, just go on Twitter once or twice a day, don't spend an entire day on that cesspool of a social media platform, once you're done looking at your notifications just turn it off for rest of the day.

Blocking someone prevents them from interacting with you so it definitely does help for some people. I've blocked many ppl on Twitter for that reason and I mean ppl are allowed to block whoever they want. It can be helpful for some people and not helpful for others.

I mean I kinda hate the whole narrative around blocking because it's made my social media experience a lot more enjoyable. I don't have to justify any reason to block someone I can just block them for the stupidest reasons and it doesn't matter because ppl should be allowed to shape their experience how they want. But that's just my opinion on blocking.