At the time of writing, almost 20 hours have passed as a result of theannouncement from the creators of the Battlefield 2042 subreddit. They explain their reluctance to close the game forum. The reasons these fans are closing the reddit is ambient toxicity. In their megathread, they explain that it is not the criticisms made on the game that push them to close, but much more the harassment. Indeed, threats that can affect the privacy of developers are clearly common currencies on this thread.
As presented above, this kind of post is the reason for this team to end this subreddit. In addition, sometimes attacks against other Reddit users make them feel confident that they should shut down the stream, because insults are spread there for free.
The post shows that criticism of the game is not the reason they want to shut down Reddit. They want the developers to hear the anger of the players as long as it is done with respect. Threats are not allowed and with good reason. Moderators agree with most complaints and listen to all reviews, but as they point out, they cannot tolerate such behavior.
Therefore, in order to protect the developers with whom they have very few ties and the members of the community, they are in discussion to potentially close the game’s subreddit. However, before making this decision, moderation teams will tighten AutoMod configuration and hide malicious messages. They even invite Reddit users to report excessively behaving accounts, so that moderation can deal with them as soon as possible and leave the forum online.
In view of these circumstances, don’t be surprised if the Battlefield 2042 Reddit closes its doors. If you wish to consult the official announcement, we invite you to consult it on this link which will redirect you directly to their post.