I think the reddit thread is slowly giving me cancer.
I actually get a headache after spending more than 10 minutes on that sub.
Tell me about it.. Those people are SO Anti capcrafters rights, it's ridiculous... *******s.
I completely understand the desire to hate "reddit" for some comments that a lot of posters there are making, but I caution users to generalize to the extent of criminalizing an entire subreddit population. As we are well aware, there are many different types of people posting on reddit. Some do support rip-off artisan caps, which really irks me, but many do not. As you may have noticed, the topic posted on reddit about this is currently "positive" (more upvotes than downvotes), which means that clearly not everyone there is opposed to this news.
Additionally, the nature of reddit lends itself to endorse lurking and makes it really easy to miss key information in topics like this. I repeatedly see redditors posting in these threads that have no clue about the history of this issue. This is not their fault, and they shouldn't be bashed for it. I think that a more nurturing approach on these topics would be a lot more useful for everyone.
All this said,
yes, there are still some nasty people on reddit, and frankly, on GH as well. I think we all know that there are k3 supporters here too. So why does reddit get the bad press? Probably because you won't be crucified for endorsing him there (not that that's okay). But the point is, I don't think this is a reddit/GH issue and I don't think it should be. If you want to attack the people supporting k3, do that, but don't lump the innocent redditors into the group - it does nothing but further fragment the two communities.
I've exhausted this topic here, so I apologize for the lengthy comment, but I just wanted to put this out there.
This is my personal opinion, and is not a post from the moderation staff. You are free to disagree with this post and me in general. And I want to stress one last time that I do not support or defend those who support k3. The only intent of this post is to urge others to stop catching all the innocent redditors in the cross-fire.
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