Re: Apparently this is a factor: Threats
Alright, first of all, I'd like to thank everybody for at least keeping the discussion relatively civil. It's really good to see that we know how to conduct ourselves.
So I'd like to address the topic first: Everybody knows death threats are not okay. I'm really not one to stifle somebody's freedom of speech, so long as they don't go against the rules of the forum. I do think that it's okay to express your displeasure with somebody, even a game dev, so long as nobody is going overboard (What is overboard? Well, just use common sense. That's how I'm determining what overboard is...). So while I won't necessarily outright block any form of negative feedback, I do usually hope for maturity in posting. As of yet, however, I don't really recall ever seeing death threats.
As far as the Gamergate thing goes, take it to another topic that isn't in this section. And please stop puffing your chest about what is and isn't libel. We're a hentai forum, not a newspaper.
Finally, to Lila. I do understand that you're looking out for others and wish to stop, or at the very least, mitigate the issues the game devs might be facing. However, these people know what they signed up for when they started putting the project out publicly. While that's not to say that the forums should keep the unconstructive criticism (and obviously, death threats) to a minimum, they should be big enough people to know how to deal with rabid fans or detractors. Specifically, they probably already recognize that most death threats are people blowing smoke. "And what if one of those death threats come true?" you might ask. Then I would imagine that anything I might've been able to do would've been useless anyway. Yes, it's good to have a PSA about not being a dick towards the devs, but if something like that was happening, just send Toxic or I a report and we'll handle it.
I'm not going to turn the forums into a hugbox simply because people are getting a bunch of negative feedback, some more extreme than others. I'm certainly going to keep discussions civil, but never an echo chamber. I appreciate and even share some of your concerns, but I don't believe that this thread really has much of a goal, other than inciting a quickly degrading discussion about Gamergate and a bunch of posts going for your jugular.
Locking this thread.