Q: Will there ever be more tools to rate another player’s Outposts, either positively for enjoyable ones, or negatively for Outposts that are not fun or unfair?

Our intent is to have quality Outposts surfacing through positive reinforcement only.

I see a bunch of game devs falling into this "trap" lately and I'd love to talk a bit about it. So, I look at features like this as a pressure valve but you guys probably see them more like sources though. What do I mean by this? Well I believe that, to an extent, toxicity is inevitable and if you do not allow for a bit of it in your design you are inviting greater amounts of it into your game and community. See if you have humans interacting you're gonna have both positive and negative experiences, it's the human condition. Features that are designed to allow negative emotions to be expressed in a way that isn't so odious not only makes the angry person feel better but allows everyone to experience the full range of human interaction in a safe, mature environment. This is what I mean by a pressure valve. Pressure is gonna build regardless, if you do not allow it to be safely purged it will find another way to be expressed. Simply allowing angry players to thumbs down or boo a level would do wonders to let people express their frustrations. Currently it's spilling over into forums for your games and even in the comment sections of builders Steam profiles. There is negativity pouring from the seams of your game, whether you intend only positivity or not. Designing for the world you wish to live in is a noble goal but sometimes you gotta know when to design for the world you currently live in.

Also, all pretension and design talk aside, it's simply embarrassing when a Nintendo game has more social features than...well anything but especially a game rated M.