You just won yourself a new follower: kudos. More Destiny players like you are the kind of people I would be happy to friend, to be match made with in-game, and make up for the innumerable people I have had to mute, block and report on these forums (the kind of people I would not be caught dead in a Raid group with, and the main reason I am wary of LFGs).
It's sad that I am pretty sure I have more people blocked, muted and reported on these forums than my entire block list on Facebook, and I've had my FB account since Facebook first opened to the general public, and I've blocked a fair number of people on there since.
I am disturbed by the allegations of posts being removed, because that is exactly the wrong way to go about dealing with a public relations disaster.
Bioware/EA tried it in the ME3 ending debacle and it backfired spectacularly, and was one of my primary reasons for quitting their multiplayer, despite being addicted to it and championing it for a long time (and I generally hate both co-op and PvE).
It is also there that I first developed a healthy hatred of fireteams with vote kicking ability because of the way it was abused in that game, and the elitism it developed where people would kick you if you didn't have certain OP guns which were RNG-based (beginning to sound familiar?).
But at least even that game had random matchmaking with the option to go in with your own fireteam. And yes, there was the occasional AFKer who had to be carried, or you left the lobby.
It just pains me to see Bungie not learning from the mistakes of the past made by their peers, things that people who play multiplayer games religiously know all too well because we went through those very issues before.
So when those players all tell you something is broken, something isn't right, something isn't fixed, you don't just ignore it, delete posts and try to sweep it under the rug.
A good dev knows that their player base is their greatest resource and you don't ignore it, you cultivate it, nurture it, keep it healthy by communicating and interacting with it constantly, and moreover respecting their collective knowledge and experience as gamers who have sat here for hours on end playing your games, and trust them to know what's what, most particularly when a large segment of the population who have considerable knowledge and experience in gaming, are all saying the same thing.
I mean, this advice is free, so why not consider it? Ditto for the hundreds of great ideas and suggestions players in the forums have made, some of which were implemented (eg. the lock on dismantling).
The posts that should be getting deleted are the bigoted, hateful, offensive crap (eg. The racist trolling in the Japanese Destiny players thread) which, quite frankly, should have earned the perpetrators a lifetime ban from posting on the forums, because those people contribute nothing except hatred and toxic attitudes in the community.
I really hope the powers that be take good look at what they are doing with the Destiny community and how their attitudes and treatment if said community might be increasing the frustration and alienation people are having towards the game, and the antipathy towards Bungie for these missteps.
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Here's a chance to do something more. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/136485193