What do you actually want this sub to be??
I have a question for everyone upset about the ‘drama’ in this subreddit, the ones who complain every time a post is made about it: what do you actually want this sub to be for? Gameplay discussion? Dog, nobody even interacts with those posts — I scrolled past dozens of them before I found a post about the drama, and guess what? Almost nobody was interacting with any of those gameplay posts, but people are quick to dogpile on the drama posts and complain about how they’re ’clogging up their feed.’
I’m in several gaming subreddits. And let me tell you how most of them are used:
To actually discuss gameplay. People will ask questions, and most of the time, they’ll actually get really good feedback from the community. You can learn a lot about whatever game you’re playing from its subreddit. For some reason, in this sub, players asking for help get little to no advice. Maybe it’s because the questions have been asked countless times before, but the same can be said for any subreddit for any video game, and people will typically still get the help they’re asking for. Balatro fans tend to straight up ignore these posts, or get weirdly condescending toward newer players.
To post fanart and cosplays — and yes, this very frequently includes lgbtq+ fanart. It’s a part of being in a fandom. Maybe some people don’t consider Balatro to be a fandom and that’s where part of the problem is, I’m not sure.
To share memes. Honestly, from what I’m seeing in this sub, this kind of feels like what people want here. I mean, the meme posts get far more interaction than any other kind of post.
You can’t complain about coming across a handful of posts you don’t like ‘clogging your feed,’ when you don’t even interact with the gameplay posts to begin with.
Frankly, I love seeing actual discussion posts sprinkled among all the gameplay ones. It breaks the monotony of the constant ‘what should I sell here?’ posts that get no replies anyway.
If you’re finding that the ‘only’ posts you’re seeing are ones discussing drama of some kind, try sorting by ‘New.’
The mods in this subreddit are different from those in a lot of gaming spaces. They just are. There’s been so much inconsistency and unfairness in the way they respond to various things, and so yes, people are going to get up in arms about it. As they should.
You’re on the internet, in a fandom subreddit. Yes, Balatro is a fandom. It’s a video game with a large following of fans. There’s going to be cosplay and fanart — frankly I’m waiting for my Blueprint/Brainstorm fanfic 🤔
If you’re ‘tired’ of drama posts, put your energy into the non-drama posts that you aimlessly scroll by. It genuinely confuses me when people act like a handful of posts about the mod situation are filling their entire feed. Chill, brother, there’s at least ten Balatro run screenshot posts in between each one for you to enjoy.