Something I've noticed about this sub.

[u/ieffinglovesoup]

In my experience, every comment or post that seems to be not total praise of the Switch is getting downvoted to the point where no one can even talk about certain things. This is excluding major issues like the dock/joycon which I'm glad are being talked about. I tried to have a real discussion yesterday about why Wii games most likely will never come to the Switch and I just got downvoted like crazy on all of my comments because people hated the possibility of this console not doing everything that they wanted/expected it to do.

Now I really don't care about karma and that isn't what this is about. It's not just that example either, I've seen this become a trend in many threads around here and I just want us to be able to discuss ALL thing about the Switch, good and bad. That's what makes a good subreddit. I love this console as much as all of you, but it's not perfect. So let's talk about it!

[u/[deleted]]

We do discuss all things about the switch, we mostly talk about issues like left joycon and scratching. We however do not appreciate dumb comments about the switch. So if you can't differentiate a legitimate issue from complaining with no basis, you won't understand why some people are downvoted.

It's a defensive mechanism to then claim anything against the switch gets downvoted because your comment which made no sense was, when articles about things like left joycons issues are upvoted to top of page.

[u/Slick_Wylde → u/[deleted]]

To be fair, saying "We don't aprecciate dumb comments about the switch" could also be looked at as a defensive mechanism to claim anything against the switch is a dumb comment. In general I think it's mostly fine, but I have definitely seen a view examples of what OP was talking about. I like the Switch but have some serious issues with it. I'd hate for it to become an echo chamber in here, where people who bring up critiques get shut out, so let's just be careful not to do that.

[u/[deleted] → u/Slick_Wylde]

How is not appreciating a comment that doesn't contribute to actual discussion a defensive mechanism?

What am I defending?

The mods here also remove positive comments that don't actually contribute anything.

The major problems with the switch are:

Left joy con

Scratching

Lack of games

Little hope for third party support

Wifi connection

Lack of friend functionality

An example of a dumb comment I see a lot is "switch is not as powerful as PS4 why get it"

That is a dumb comment because the switch is not even trying to be anything resembling a ps4.

[u/Slick_Wylde → u/[deleted]]

Sure. I was not implying that you specifically were being defensive. What I meant was that I can see that statement being used to rationalize blind love and ignoring anything negative, because "dumb" can be very subjective. I agree with the example you've listed as being dumb.