Runescape is jacking up their subscription prices next month, going from like 12 bucks to 14 bucks a month. The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency. Players are PISSED about it especially since the company got bought out by some investment firm earlier this year, and they see it as a shameless cash grab.
Here's a mega thread about the price increase on Reddit. Overwhelmingly negative feedback on the price increase
So I decided to make a post on Reddit basically asking in a neutral way if it would deter people from playing.... And I was met with the most hostile, toxic keyboard warriors basically telling me "maybe stop working at McDonalds and you can afford it" and defending the company for the price increase. After an hour, my post was removed, and I was banned for a year without any explanation.
I'm honestly in shock that I would get banned just for asking a question, like they are that angry about people talking about the price increase?
I mean this with all the love in the world, but you're surprised that mods, in a gaming subreddit, are complete assholes?
This last year reddit has just been fucking trash all around, and I just... quit going, even though I still have things that the Fediverse just plain can't provide any useful content for.
Not because of anything spez did, or whatever stupid-ass money seeking bullshit they're trying next, but just that the content is crap and has gone from interesting and useful to trash. For example, the selfhosted subreddits went from cool software to being stuffed full of people who do NOTHING but argue about hosting email, and marketers telling you how easy it is to host something you can use to spam people. Just a degradation from good to shit.
And, even when it's not immediately obviously worse, it's still full of shitty bots, and the mods run around like they're fucking royalty and we should lick their boots.