Posted June 27, 2020
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Most users of this forum are sick of people abusing the rep system. GOG staff has repeatedly been informed of the situation and asked to enforce the rules they put in their own terms of service or remove the reputation system entirely. So far, nothing has been done about it. This has created a toxic environment which has caused many new and existing users to leave the forum. Many of these users also stopped buying games on the storefront because of this. At this point, the only thing I can think to do is start a petition and hope that enough of us tell GOG that we want them to enforce their rules and/or remove the rep system that they begin to take action. You can sign the petition here. Here is the full text of the petition.
For many years, the GOG forum's terms of service has stated that it is disallowed to abuse the forum's reputation system. Many times over these years, numerous users have asked them to enforce this rule, but every time, they have refused to do so. When trolls downrep people for no good reason, it creates a toxic environment. New and existing users see this toxic environment, are put off by it and leave. Many of the people who leave the forum also stop buying games on the storefront. It would be in the best interest of both GOG and its users if GOG would begin enforcing their rules.
One of the biggest examples of this violation of the forum's terms of service is that trolls love to downrep people for discussing the topic at hand in the two main threads that are dedicated to discussing mass game giveaways. The threads in question are located in the general discussion forum, the point of which is to discuss topics. These trolls believe that it's acceptable to repeatedly violate the forum's terms of service by downrepping everyone who uses the forum for its intended purpose. They have decided that the threads aren't for what the original posts state they're for. Instead, they have decided that these threads are for what they want them to be for. They believe that it's acceptable to severely abuse the forum's reputation system in an effort to get across their point that nobody should ever use these the discussion forum for its intended purpose.
It would have been nice if GOG had chosen to enforce the rules they put in their terms of service, but they have not. It would have been nice if GOG had listened to their forum users when they pointed out that this behavior is disruptive and drives people away. Many users have suggested GOG completely remove the reputation system. This would also be a valid solution to this problem. Sadly, none of this has happened, so this is the only remaining course of action. If enough of us inform GOG staff that we expect them to enforce their own terms of service, perhaps eventually they will begin to do so.
One of the biggest examples of this violation of the forum's terms of service is that trolls love to downrep people for discussing the topic at hand in the two main threads that are dedicated to discussing mass game giveaways. The threads in question are located in the general discussion forum, the point of which is to discuss topics. These trolls believe that it's acceptable to repeatedly violate the forum's terms of service by downrepping everyone who uses the forum for its intended purpose. They have decided that the threads aren't for what the original posts state they're for. Instead, they have decided that these threads are for what they want them to be for. They believe that it's acceptable to severely abuse the forum's reputation system in an effort to get across their point that nobody should ever use these the discussion forum for its intended purpose.
It would have been nice if GOG had chosen to enforce the rules they put in their terms of service, but they have not. It would have been nice if GOG had listened to their forum users when they pointed out that this behavior is disruptive and drives people away. Many users have suggested GOG completely remove the reputation system. This would also be a valid solution to this problem. Sadly, none of this has happened, so this is the only remaining course of action. If enough of us inform GOG staff that we expect them to enforce their own terms of service, perhaps eventually they will begin to do so.
