Sims 4 Toxic Twitter

This may be controversial but I don’t think Twitter is any worse then other social media platforms and in some cases I’ve seen more toxicity on these forums then on other sites. Albeit without wanting to break rules those people seem to have been banned and it now seems less toxic on here but I’ve seen those same posters on Twitter, Instagram etc spouting the same negative stuff. I’m not against negative comments but it’s how it’s put across and most of the time it seems rude. Most of all social media sites seem toxic on any subject but with the sims community it seem pretty standard across the board with the negativity it’s seems hard to find positive comments.

"Daravi;c-17778930" wrote:

I just looked at the (for me annoying) 'fix the skin tone' - spam on twitter, which had literally buried everything what had to do with the sims. That the gurus now use their official accounts for only promotion could be the consequence of such general toxic behaviour of the twitter community at all.

Yeah, similar happened when they announced on Facebook that Snowy Escape has now been released world wide. I didn't see any comments about Snowy Escape, all I saw was "fix the game!" spam and for a while that drowned out anything to do with the Sims. I switched off from social media at that time and played the game instead.

Right now the latest post about the 2nd Supernatural SP blog post is full with "#fixtheskintones for console!!". There are even very abusive posts saying stuff like "hi ea, my dear racists... bla bla bla"... horrible stuff... this fix the skin tones demands are totally out of line...

"Sk8rblaze;c-17778979" wrote:
This is why I think the gurus should just use the forums more. Sure, you have people that are critical of The Sims 4 (as you do anywhere else), but those who wrongly attack the developers of the game are swiftly dealt with, and really, I don’t see much of that behavior in comparison to Twitter. Even if the gurus block those people saying awful things, Twitter is still providing them a platform to continue to spew hateful things.

Honestly, I even miss The Sims 3’s social pages! Those were awesome, and before they were revamped to be boring and generic, we were able to customize ours to be unique and fun.

I think, either with this iteration or the next, we should see The Sims 3 style social pages for us to share content, discuss the game within our circles/friend groups, and perhaps visit the pages of gurus where they could provide updates and interact with fans no different than they do now with Twitter.

Yeah, I don't know why they don't use the forums for those things. You'd think they would after all they've receive from the community on Twitter. Especially because these forums are specifically about the Sims.

"Onverser;c-17779053" wrote:

"Sharonia;c-17778698" wrote:
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've noticed that's a thing they do on twitter regardless of your avatar. I've been mocked for "not having enough followers" so I can't be allowed an opinion apparently. If anyone actually likes something or has a different opinion people will go onto your page and find some way to mock or condescend you to belittle your opinion

Which is really odd that they do that. If they really think your opinion is so insignificant then why go through all that effort to shut you up? Deep down they know you are correct. They try to push this idea that the Sims 4 is a "terrible" game that "no one likes at all" and when they see someone say they're really enjoying the game, they try to shut them up because just one person liking the game makes the "no one likes this" statement incorrect. They resort to personal attacks and insults which is just real low.

I saw something on Facebook that I think applies:
"People don't want to hear your opinion. They want to hear their opinion coming out of your mouth."

I deleted my Twitter two days after Christmas. Losing a finger on the pulse of the NBA was an acceptable tradeoff for my vastly improved mental health so far this year.

Gaming Twitter isn't too awful on the official dev feeds for most games, but The Sims has a nasty habit of bringing out the worst in some people when they forget that the game isn't individually tailored for their tastes and that not every pack has to be exactly what they wanted.

"elanorbreton;c-17779025" wrote:
I joined Twitter specifically to keep up with the simgurus news and comments. I think I lasted about a month before I closed my account back down.

Yep, same here. One of the EPs were announced and I seen the wishing cancer/kill yourselves comments for myself before they were removed. I deleted and then signed up here.

Also un-subscribed from the Reddit after there was a full on comment chain being upvoted just tearing LilSimsies appearance down, it was so gross.

I decided to not focus on the toxic elements and I signed up for Twitter today to support the sim gurus. I noticed we had a few discussions about how things get nerfed because of constant negative feedback so I figured why not be a positive voice.

"Babykittyjade;c-17778837" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17778811" wrote:
Yeah Twitter I avoid using and now that is has been used as a weapon, it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth how long the site itself has remained unmoderated before it was too late. Twitter I do find to be the most toxic part of the Sims community. Actually heard some horror stories from Game Changers how they had to close their account for a bit from their "so called fans" attacking them. I rather be on forums, Twitch, and modthesims which have more experienced mods moderating their sites. Twitter feels like it has lazy young moderators with no experience. Some of the biggest dramas that come from forums actually come from Twitter, so it is the fire that feeds many flames.

I did laugh at this part because it feels like Twitter already feels like a toddler in a snowsuit and anyone who has raised kids know putting a toddler in a snowsuit is miserable for them and so not wholesome. " Keep your criticism in check and together we can make Sims Twitter as wholesome as a toddler in a snowsuit." They will cry and wet and poop that snowsuit is the reality of it.

Yea one of the game changers, not sure of her name because I don't keep up with them much, left Twitter temporarily after exploding on simmers to stop all the toxic behavior. And everyone started roasting her for it so she had to take a break. Probably were others too. People may think it doesn't mean anything but overwhelming negativity affects your mental health and adds unneeded stress on your brain.
It's just madness and I had no idea the sims community was such an unwelcoming place.

There was even this one simmer who made a voice message cursing out another fellow simmer by name just for likening ts4. It was very offensive and unnecessary. I was done. ?

Yeah think we are thinking of the same person it happened too. I've seen every community manager attacked on Twitter by Simmers too while Sims 4 has been out especially after some got removed from the influencer program. I couldn't mentally handle all the crazies either on Twitter. I've known some leave the program because of the toxicity displayed on Twitter too towards them so much so that they were like if I knew what I know now, I would never had signed up to be a Game Changer. I do agree about Youtube being bad too. One of my friends had her discord hit by some racist comments and gore images. It was totally insane how people treated her. I do wish the ignore feature was better on forums which is a major flaw I find in the security of it.

@Sharonia Gurus play Animal Crossing too, but sorry you got attacked over it. It is an amazing game and honestly love how friendly the Animal Crossing community is and often find it has a more mature audience. GrimSuruDoi it was so funny how he wanted some of the diy recipes. Don't feel bad for playing it and nice to have more than one game in common with people.

I agree, twitter is a terrible place for simmers... I am stilll there, because I use it to post my art and also sims related stuff, but I try to not even read the comments under official sims accounts, it is a very toxic environment. It doesn't really affect me, but I can imagine a lot of young, sensitive people might get really demotivated or even feel guilty for enjoying the game... Complaining and critisisim are one thing, but a lot of these comments are absolutely rude and ignorant.