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I think here too there are too many such zealous enablers, to put it nicely. The system has a natural filtering system for complainers, not so much enablers. Those that complain while sometimes annoying are largely harmless as they have no power. So they eventually move on. That is unless the game is really stagnant and can't filter them fast enough to match replacement rates.
On the other hand, those zealous enablers being fans tend to entrench themselves. They support and defend everything without question, are openly hostile to even constructive criticism and mere opinions. They even scare new players and donors away that aren't of the same zealous ilk. They bog down the entire system eventually causing the familiar pattern we see with financially successful patreon games that go nowhere.
That's why I try not to get mad at complainers even when I find their complaint unwarranted, unless the implementation would be actively harmful. The ecosystem is already skewed and while they're not always on point, as a whole they're a necessary counterweight that keep games on the right track.
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