I've begun to notice a lot more on this site. Namely in AH, as its the area I tend to spend more time. horrendous amount of hate.
Nearly every video on this channel that has Fiona in it and I'm just using her as an example has a horrendous amount of hateful comments on it. I've noticed it in the past with Lindsey, Meg, Ashley. And its not just the girls (it commonly is though), Jack got it too, so did Matt and Jeremy.
Anyone on the comments who tries to be friendly about it, gets called a White Knight (I'm sure I'll get it called it again). Its weird to me that you cant just be a decent human being without people assuming you have a motive.
Just branching the topic to the forums as I may just be spit balling but I feel a lot more community driven people will be on here rather than in the comment sections of videos that are slowly starting to look more and more like a Youtube comment thread. But how does everyone else feel about this rather vocal voice inside our community? Should we just ignore it and not give them what they want, a reaction or someone to be a edgelord too. Or do we just do what we can and be decent people in the comments? Do we even consider these people part of what is the AH Community?
Don't get me wrong, you're well within your rights as a person to have an opinion. But I've seen users comment several times across a video just spreading hate. Wishing Geoff would not hire someone or calling them trash.
I had someone say they don't like Fiona because she's bad at games. I may be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure a lot of people came to AH for the cast, not the 360 no scope gameplay.
I'm just saddened by it all, as I've been a member of this site for a long time. I've been privileged to watch AH grow from its roots. Seen people welcomed into a community that is tolerant and something to be proud to love. And to see every comment section just filled with hateful rhetoric. Its not the Rooster Teeth community I know.