I fully know what the world can be and I know that the world is a scary place but I know that if you act kindly to others then they act kindly to you. The dev forum is too harsh to people that make even the tiniest mistakes.
You mean being harsh or politely correcting mistakes? There is a huge difference.
I don’t think that people are harsh. They may think otherwise since surprise no one can really take critique at all these days. I personally did have a few people attack me for days and even go as far as to harass me because I gave them a piece of my mind or just simple advice on stuff.
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People usually really like to push their opinion and it can sometimes end up acting like its an insult or a comment saying that your wrong and that you should change your ways of thinking.
It’s not an insult, we are allowed to disagree with something.
People can be incorrect and it is fine to correct them. If someone is just being completely toxic then yeah just flag the post
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Here is an example, lets say I made a post on recruiting people. My post was messy and had some mistakes.
And lets pretend these are some replies.
Could be neater, I can see many errors.
Just wanted to point out that you weren’t being very grammatical and you didn’t really follow the guide, hope you fix it!
Can you fix your post? Your not going to get people with being like that?
Obviously you see the wrong here. Sometime people can phrase things in a bad way. Don’t take it personally, but don’t ignore/argue with them. Maybe like their reply. They are helping you look more qualified and giving you tips.
If I could have 5 people just spitting out ideas or what I could fix in my code any time of the day when I need it, It would help me be much more productive. If you think about this is the DevForum. I could make a post at 3am and get replies.
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Uhmm, I don’t think the dev forum is that harsh to be honest and the reason why you think that people are harsh is either because you aren’t trying your best to fix your problem whether its a scripting problem or a building problem and also being serious is way better than being polite because real world problems are dealt with seriousness and it also shows that you are determined to solve the problem.
But, if you think that people are too harsh on the developer forum then it is time to switch up that attitude because there will be many people who will critize your work to make you improve your work so its important to not make it get to you.
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I am not referring to my past experience. I am referring to other people who are new to the dev forum and when they get slashed down by “constructive criticism” they often loose self confidence in not only their post or their game, but in the person that they are.
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Sometimes people can be rude to me.
Like when I say something very politely and someone says something rude. Or this one time when I told someone that his reply was spam and off-topic and then he started being rude to me (not gonna day any names)
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This normally makes it so that you are referring to a past experience
I’m a very new forum member, but from what i’ve seen on here, I wouldn’t necessarily describe the people here as harsh, with the exception of a couple of topics i’ve read where the OP asks a very basic question that could be solved with a google search, but even then, there are people who offer help to find a solution. Even if there is a small amount of toxicity on the forums, it pales in comparison with the amicable support generally received throughout the forum.
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I think people are not that harsh as I agree with Krunnie’s statement.
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I am not talking about JUST ME. As I already stated above, their is a lot of newcomers that get teared down by comments and replys.
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Yeah, thing is people shouldn’t lose confidence by constructive critiscm because constructive critiscm is very important as it actually helps you get closer to mastering whatever skill you want to master.
No constructive critiscm = Not improving well and staying in your comfort zone
Constructive critiscm = Improving and staying out of your comfort zone
That is just how life works. 
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I would generally say, if you avoid collaboration, the dev forum is a very nice and chill place, with the nicest areas by far being lounge, and I don’t think ive ever seen a case of people being rude to each other there.
The only time I would personally consider myself as harsh would most likely be when i’m criticising the habits certain ‘groups’ of un-named users in this catagory, or occasionally when I see someone act like a really big moron in community resources and that drives me a little over the edge.
Its all in the delivery tho, while its ok to be ‘harsh’ you should never try and be ‘rude’, its worth trying to remember everyone is a human, everyone makes mistakes, everyone deserves seconds chances.
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Agreed, It’s hard to improve on what you do wrong if there’s nobody acknowledging it. It may come off as rude, but generally people are just trying to help.
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But people cant just go on and speak their minds about whatever come to their head. People on the dev forum need to take a step back and think about others when they reply to others post.
Of course, that is why there is a rule on the developer forum saying to not be very rude, swear or be toxic.
But never let someone lower your confidence, keep pushing.
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Just for the sake of accuracy being preserved, swearing Is allowed so long as it is not directed at anyone. Swearing to emphasise a point is generally deemed acceptable as long as its not an attack.
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I don’t think the Devforum is too harsh. There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism. There is no point in asking for feedback if you only want comments about how good it is, because you wouldn’t know how to improve it.
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