TV Tropes/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** Fighteer is a favorite punching bag for a lot of ex-fans and former users of the site, who cite his tendencies to talk down to people, throw out bans like they're candy, and in general acting like a tyrant on a power trip [[Small Name, Big Ego|despite being a moderator on a website]] as one of their biggest issues with the site and its mod staff.

* The "Intimidating White Presence" trope picture calls it "Truth on Television", while the "Scary Black Man" page outright says it is racist in origin. And in case you think the creators of the latter do not know the previous one exists to somehow excuse the racism against white people, the very page links to "Scary Black Man". It's like Tv Tropes [[Failed a Spot Check]] for rampant hipocrisy.

** The Second Google Incident was something of an event horizon for troping as a whole. Even before the advertising pull occurred, TV Tropes' userbase was the subject of intense ridicule both within and outside of it - but Google pulling its advertising, and the TV Tropes administration of the time going above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts to [[Think of the Advertisers!|regain advertising-friendly status with them]], was the dropped iron beam upon the camel's back. To this day, there are still people who see TV Tropes as the domain of tyrannical prudes, even as TV Tropes's reputation of being [[Fan Dumb]] personified was still widespread; efforts have also been made to try and curate cordial interaction between the TV Tropes and fork userbases.

** The "No Recent Examples Please" rule added in 2019. Those for it state that many of the tropes that were added under it were frequent targets of misuse and edit wars, and that having this new rule would help organize and cleanup the examples. Others felt that the time limits that were added were too long a wait just to put down an example ([[Broken Base]] and [[Base Breaking Character]] were given a ''6 month'' wait time) and that these new rules further limited what could be put on pages.

** The complete de-wicking of [[Internet Backdraft]] in mid-2019. Those for it state that [[Internet Backdraft]] had a long history of being misused for negative fan reaction because of the definition of it being so vague, and that negativity did not belong on TV Tropes. Those against it were upset that over thousands of entries were wiped away based on the consensus of about 20 tropers and pointed out that instead of putting valid entries in their proper YMMV tropes as was discussed, the tropers doing the cleanup simply nuked everything without even bothering to try.

** The 'retirement' of Fighteer, a moderator known for his [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] (especially towards those who have been suspended for any reasons) in December 2022, is the cause of another potential rift in the userbase. Fighteer himself has admitted that he's like this to keep "troublemakers" in line and to intimidate trolls - he's been known to define "troublemaker" as anyone who disagrees with him, even long-standing members of the wiki - this led to his announced vacation near the end of December. While some critics expressed hopes that he'll come back with a clearer head (and thus end up much less trigger-happy), many others question how the mishandling of this situation with regards to clarity on any consequences for reflects on the moderation team: while moderation did eventually clarify that Fighteer's vacation was on pain of an actual ban otherwise, many users expressed dissatisfaction at this - both with the lack of clarity and being forward regarding the decision, and with the fact that it came across as a slap on the wrist for a user whose reputation of being unduly heavy-handed and harsh (both in moderating the site and otherwise) spanned several ''years''.

** Mostly because of Fast Eddie and Fighteer, the staff at TV Tropes have garnered a reputation for being strict, power-hungry, abusive people who will ban anyone for the most mild offenses.