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The Battlefield 2042 Community Manager explains why Reddit is not recommended; “No Value in Pretending It’s Constructive.”

The Battlefield 2042 Community Manager explains why Reddit is not recommended; “No Value in Pretending It’s Constructive.”

Battlefield 2042 Community Manager Explains Why Reddit Is Avoided; "No Value" in Pretending It's a Constructive Environment

Just yesterday, we reported that a Battlefield 2042 dev has mentioned that the teams are working on being more transparent on the game’s top issues to the community. DICE seems to be communicating more about these issues.

Battlefield Global Commmunity Manager Adam Freeman (also known as PartWelsh on both Twitter and Reddit), has commented on why he, along with other members of the dev team, have stopped replying and communicating on the game’s subreddit.

It leads to the following tweet:

In addition to those statements, Freeman has also answered some of the questions Battlefield fans have regarding communication, and states that there is “no value in pretending” that the subreddit is a constructive environment.

However, this doesn’t mean that Freeman or the people at DICE aren’t sensitive to the plight of Battlefield 2042 players, it’s just that some redditors have seemingly resorted to death threats (?!, personal insults, and other such things to attack the developers because of the game.

While it’s unfortunate that Freeman and the rest of the devs at DICE have stopped being active on the game’s subreddit, given how hostile and toxic the subreddit has been, I don’t really blame them. Heck, it’s been so bad that the mods have even contemplated closing it entirely.

It’s true, I understand it. Many people are disappointed with how Battlefield 2042 turned. Our review shows that even we are disappointed. But hurling personal attacks — especially death threats — are never OK. At the end of the day, the devs and everyone working on the game are still people, and doing these idiotic things is just making things worse, and not to mention harmful to their mental health. Criticizing a studio or game is fine. But, death threats? Personal insults? Yeah, that’s never fine.

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