Sims 4 Toxic Twitter

I am. The article was very lecturing; but rightfully so.

I always find Twitter insufferable. Nothing but nastiness and hate comes out of that platform.

Lol..

I spend very little time on Twitter, but when I’m there, it actually seems more positive than the forum does. I must miss all the vitriol.

It does seem a bit hostile. I got a rude reply just for commenting on an @TheSims tweet using my Animal Crossing Twitter account last week. It’s the only Twitter account I have and I feel like I’m still allowed to express my opinions without needing a sims avatar.

I'm not following any of the gurus or sims official account on my twitter, but last time I see I didn't see any negativity instead I see the opposite when some player ooh aah over door swatches

I usually pop onto twitter every day just to see if there's any new news from the sims team and I, for sure see the nasty replies to every single tweet from The Sims twitter account, the Guru's twitters accounts, to players that have positive things to say about a pack or feature or just TS4 in general. It's extremely toxic.

On Twitter it only takes one person to say something negative, then 100's of sheep (followers) chime in with a similar or same rant. Sad thing is, I've read many times people said they say they don't like TS4 even tho they secretly do because they get bashed if they praise any part of it. Twitter is a very clique-y, popularity site, the more likes and followers you get from posts you make, they more important it makes you feel. That's the generation The Sims is marketing to, that demographics. Young people who only want to follow the "cool" kids and not speak on their own behalf.

Yes, definitely. It's one thing to give constructive and helpful criticism with suggestions on how to improve something. It's entirely another to obsess over things you hate and rant and rave at anyone and everyone about it. It astounds me that there are still people who don't understand the difference.

But this is why I much prefer the Forums. It's more heavily moderated here, you can report troublemakers, and choose which threads to be (or not be) part of.

The article does touch on something important, though. The devs use Twitter to open up an avenue of communication with their player base, and since they've been more active on there, we get more information than we used to. But more and more Gurus are falling back into the background and going silent again, most likely because of the people who don't seem to be able to control themselves and their attitudes. I just hope that we can keep the Forums civil enough for them to consider more activity over here.

I rarely see any sims toxicity on Twitter unless I deliberately look for it. You just need to know which accounts to block and which word/phrases to mute.

Agreed the twitter really is toxic. I only look their if there are leaks and new mods available but now, I am better of lookinat zforums general discussion and Speculation and Rumor.