Does the NI Forum Community Culture need a change?

I'm beyond computer literate. If I can't fix it, no one on this forum can. Any support thread I start is usually an attempt to get someone from NI to go and escalate the ticket because their Web Support is non-responsive.

I basically open the Bell, look for user names with an "_NI" postfix, and if there are none, I Mark All Read and move on.

In other cases, the issues is resolved off-forum, since they will see the thread and contact me directly - instead of posting back and forth in the forum. If the issue is resolved there, I usually don't go back to the thread... because the issue is resolved, and I prefer not to spend my days trawling forums.

I don't even read those other replies. There is practically no reason to do so.

Apart from that, I may comment in threads where I want to help get NI to prioritize certain bugs that I may be experiencing with the software... or weird directions they are taking with updates (Kontakt Ads, NA2 Bugs, Issues with Batch Installations, etc.). That is different a completely different (and unrelated) scenario, though. Commenting about an issue is not a support request, so I'm not generally there for someone to give me "workarounds" or "solutions."

Yeah, if someone is mad, let em get it out of their system. No one should be full of hatred, just let it out before you blow. A little steam never hurt anyone and you certainly can't talk to someone if their mad as hell about something. Especially if they are mad at you or a company you represent. I've had people mad at me around here over a simple common everyday semantical error on their part. All I said was: FM synthesis is like Additive synthesis, it takes a lot of setup to get some intricate sounds. If you've ever made an FM synth with Reaktor you'd know what I mean. However, modulating a simple fm operator is as simple as it gets. So guess what, one person argued that FM is not complex it's just an operator and then his friends joined right in. Now here's the kicker; I was talking about an entire ensemble and tried to explain that the ensemble itself is complex, and that I didn't mean a simple fm operator. So this went on for 5 days, I kept getting hassled because I wouldn't admit that I was wrong. You see, this guy was mad and all of his friends joined in, they accused me of coming into the forum, asking for help, then clamming up and refused to admit I was wrong. I found the behavior very strange. How can a person get so mad so quickly? Yeah, exactly, the whole thing extrapolated, the surprise came when I realized this person is not calming down even though I repeated over and over that I was talking about a complete FM synth, with 12 oscillators, that basically responded to the velocity of the incoming midi note. Things like volume, subtle de tuning, varying envelope generators all vary dependent on the key velocity. Not a single FM operator. It's very complex, yet I get accused of clamming up and refusing to admit I was wrong. I tell ya, the more I tried to explain their misinterpretation of what I was saying the worse things got. When our parents told us to mind our manners, well, let's put it this way; around here it's like a lot of people do have any manners. Like giving people the courtesy of listening to what they have to say.

Hmm...well...I disagree in some ways, but I agree on the other ways.

I am okay with the Funny button, maybe something for relatable or exciting comments.

But I don't understand why changing the likes and insightfuls with votes.

This is not Reddit, this is NI Community site.

And what happened with Accepted answers?