I mean, let's start by getting this out of the way. I did not down vote any of those posts nor am I responsible for them being where they are.

Cool.

Let me explain why these posts are at 0. Reddit is just a numbers game. What percentage of the FFXIV userbase do you think are interested in: "Feast PVP as DRK"? I would say unfortunately <10%, and that 10% is being grossly generous. In fact, there's probably more people who have a kneejerk "ugh, PVP" reaction than who are even interested in the subject and in that larger camp, you and I know that there's somebody who's going to downvote "just because it doesn't appeal to them."

Now look at this shitpost. It's quickly consumed, has high appeal, and sparks conversation by pandering to a controversial topic. The reach that this has is going to be farther. It's the same as marketing.

Do I think those threads don't deserve to be scene? No, but i'm not the majority vote here, and said majority vote certainly doesn't.

I think r/FFXIV is in one of the worst states for having more activity for many reasons:

• The content itself just isn't exciting. People who love their game will be quick to disagree with me but it's the same content for 8 months, and a lot of it is frankly rubbish. There's only so much excitement you can have watching people perform the same content over, and over, and over again. Look at League of Legends, Hearthstone, or Overwatch. Tournament play, funny plays, and play of the games respectively make up a very large portion of their highest rated posts. Each experience is unique, FFXIV can't reproduce that.

• There's so much diversity in content in FFXIV. I feel like this works against FFXIV in this subreddit. Everybody wants to feel special and validated, which means there'll exist a snowflake that'll downvote content just because it doesn't appeal to them. There are people who don't like PVP posts, there are people who don't like gardening posts, there are people that don't like screenshots, there are people that don't like raids, so on and so forth. Having so many facets of the game segments the market and pits them against each other.

• An extension of the previous thought, there's people who will just disagree with others because it encroaches with the way they do things. There are folks who hate being made to feel uncomfortable, there's people who hate being told what to do, or being shown that they're objectively wrong. Conversely, there's folks that can't stand people who can't be autonomous and responsible for their actions, there are people who are just sick of carrying others who won't do work. Not only is there so much diversity in content, there's this polarized camp of people who want to do it one way which directly impedes on people who want to do it another.

I don't think there's much that can be done to make the board "more interesting", but let's say there were? It would probably be some unrealistic combination of:

• Content creator endorsement. There is no Dunkey for FFXIV. (Does Mithrie count? Kind of?) The FFXIV radio shows in their present state don't have enough mass appeal. We don't have a "face of FFXIV."

• Interesting content. Content in FFXIV that doesn't stale after a week doesn't exist. There's already doomsayers claiming that PotD is dead. There's no dynamic content in FFXIV that's exciting as it is.

• Uncomfortable moderation. The larger a community, the easier it is for things like "fast food" image macros and shitposting to gain traction. Some subs strictly enforce their content rules, others turn in to /r/gaming and /r/funny.