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Has been an issue for a while. The sub of ~30k I was a mod in, I was picked up because I was reporting bot posts and posting the OG posts. I was modded by one the other mod (the sub owner was non-existent really) so instead of me being the middle man, I would just respond with the OG post so there was a “trail” and then remove the post.

I did other little things like discussion threads for the weekly event, but I just hated seeing the bots. It died down after a few months, so they have to be watching the metrics on the subs to know where it’s allowed and where it isn’t.

Yeah, that’s the draw XDef has over CoD. It’s F2P and generally the content is earnable, outside of some cosmetics and additional currency. I think both “locked” factions can be bought through challenge completions, so not really P2W either, paying just unlocks it faster. And it’s not a bad shooter either imo, it’s just…the same as every other shooter. Very average.

This is the stupid part. I left and didn’t go back. I still end up there searching the odd problem online, but I don’t necessarily need it. The one sub I modded, when I was last checking, has had quite a bit of spam and self-promotion “watch my new YouTube video” shit going on. I wasn’t the only one doing anything on the team, as it was like 30k+ members, but it was alow traffic sub. But they don’t do the weekly discussion threads, the repost bots were rampant.

All to make more money. I don’t know why people stayed. All that huffing and puffing, just to cower and fold.

I don’t. Outside of Discord (which, really, I just don’t want people to have my phone number), I have a Group Me for fantasy football that goes back to like…2012 and that’s it. Everything else I do is on texts. And GroupMe will probably die once the RCS stuff goes into effect for Apple

Gotta get the game in front of the young eyes as much as possible to get that sweet miceotramsaction money from their parents

Thanks! I spent years in Diamond, and had a mini goal to get to Champ. Never really been one to practice mechanics, it was just sheer rotation and positioning. Like I can’t hit off the wall with any kind of consistency. Hit it in like…2019 and haven’t played much since, I actually played last night prior to this comment for the first time in probably a year.

Only games I ever 100%ed were…Assassins Creed 1 and Rocket League, strictly by achievements only. Like I never made it past Champ in RL, and AC1 was really just beat game and collect flags. I never have the urge to 100% a game cause usually it’s just a grind for grinds sake and that isn’t fun to me

That’s what I imagined it would be, it’s just the act of starting it that is difficult for me. I’m on the 2nd book in 3 Body Problem and I can’t bring myself to start it, despite really enjoying the 1st one. And from what I’ve seen, the 2nd is better than the 1st lol

I actually bought their Immune System book, just cause I’ve enjoyed their stuff for so long. I remember those stupid little birds over a decade ago, and the book serves a little more purpose than their general merch. It’s also really well illustrated. Haven’t had the time to read it yet, as it’s pretty lengthy and sorta dry as a “scientific” immune system picture book should sorta be, lol.

Also, awesome your brother got referenced! That’s pretty sweet

For as long as Kurzgesagt has been around, they’ve always been a favorite of mine. The art style, well-researched topics and cited articles, and corrections when needed have been a pretty nice change of pace given standard YouTube fare nowadays.

I never got the PS Pro controller but I’m well-versed in the Xbox Elite bullshit. The best way I’ve seen to go about it is to buy a Core Elite from Gamestop or a store that has their OWN in-house purchasable warranty (Target goes through All-State or something I think so you have to send it in). It’s $30 to Gamestop but I’m covered for a full-year for when the bumper inevitably goes. If, by some miracle, it doesn’t, I go anyway and exchange it for a new one at a local store for no controller cost, and pay Gamestop another $30 for the warranty. It’s cheaper than a new standard controller and I don’t have to deal with any additional warranty process. It’s just an exchange. It’s bullshit that it happens, but the game I play the most basically requires the back paddles.

I’ve never had stick drift on the Elites (or any controller otherwise), it’s just bumper problems. I’ve heard the SCUFS get drift pretty badly second-hand and their replacement process is much slower. The new Turtle Beach controller seems decent, but I have doubts about battery life and I’m not ready to buy-in on it yet. The PDP Victric with replacement modules feels very similar to the PS Pro issue where the modules just are never in stock so that’s out too.

Some enterprising business could make a killing with a decent controller, but apparently Xbox won’t license wireless controllers unless you do specific things with them, likely preventing any real pressure to get better.

Nah. I’m staying at my current stage, paying for Live and then doing the extra $5 for Game Pass…shit tier? Idk what it’s called now. I don’t need to play CoD on day 1.

See, that was my take on it, but I have noticed a shift, somewhat recently. I check /popular every now and then just to see what’s happening around the internet, and they’d always pop up. It’s gotten distinctly more “accepting” of taxation and stuff. I literally thought this yesterday, like “am I crazy or has it flipped a bit”.

I wouldn’t quote me on sub narratives, my browsing is sporadic at best, but that’s what I’m remembering.

I very vaguely remember that lol,now that you mention it

Which is why I’m so regretfully enjoying it. It plays well despite being a Ubisoft game lol

I don’t get it. I modded one community with about 30k users, maybe 5% of which was active. The only thing I ever did for years was remove obvious reposts by bots and sticky weekly discussion threads. Communities normally police themselves decently well. Past a critical mass, I’m sure it gets a it harder but unless it’s a personal attack or completely unrelated, let people vote shit down.

I also don’t know why you’d want to be a mod of 45 subs with millions of users each. Shits shady AF.

As much as I hate to say it, Ubisoft has a really solid game on their hands. Some issue with netcode and I think the XIM/Cronus use is going to rise pretty quickly, but other games have dealt with it before. I’ve enjoyed the few hours I put in so far and will be playing it tonight with the boys. I’d like to see a classic TDM but hotshot works for now. Also a really cool take on the Kill Confirmed gametype

I didn’t post any useful information, all I did was shit post during college sports game threads. Just lemme be spiteful against Reddit lol

Was the reply button the biggest previously? I never installed the official app so I don’t know how it was previously set up

Kinda par for the course for Reddit. There was like a whole thing a while back about how they were monetizing the site, selling off data, etc. Anyone who stayed should expect this and more.

Would also be crazy if they allowed 3rd party apps that let you change how you interacted with comments. I think I had one that was swipe reply, so I didn’t have to tap anything at all. Whatcha get staying in a clearly money hungry platform I guess lol.

That might be my disconnect with the UI change, cause I wasn’t tapping anything to interact with comments, I was only doing that to do formatting, etc, and didn’t have that muscle memory. I do still think it’s a bit “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” in terms of where they’re going to put it, but again, that’s to be expected from that company at this point.