So, not saying I was necessarily the good guy here; it was from things like when I'd make pins about a low-effort post's title, or poke fun at other low effort content (something like a picture of the game being played somewhere).

I'm no stranger to downvotes or even sarcastic or rude replies -- fair game! But this was the only sub I'd ever had people telling me to kill myself or that they hoped I'd die, lmao

The juxtaposition was amusing more than offensive, and the mods did a good job of cleaning it up, but it was still something pretty unique to the Animal Crossing subreddit for me! Lol

The internet can sometimes be a trying place, where the biggest fans are also the biggest critics and can't think critically beyond pure hate.

I actually think federation will help this a bit, as breaking up fandoms into smaller better moderated pockets should help guide more civil discourse.

Nintendo subreddit would occasionally seem to have Nintendo supporters jump on someone who said something critical about Nintendo, and also anti-Nintendo people who'd jump on people who said positive things about consumer-unfriendly things (like enjoying the NSO emulated games).

I also had a thread where people attacked me for being a pirate when I first got my Switch used because I was asking how to check if it was console-banned before linking my Nintendo account to it, lol

As for Animal Crossing, I had multiple people tell me to kill myself (or that they hoped I die) when I made puns based on typos in low-effort post titles, or when I poked fun at posts whose only content was a picture of the game running on a Switch against a scenic background.

I'm not saying I was necessarily the good guy there, and I don't care about downvotes or sarcastic replies, but when people were negative in those subs, they were downright vicious, lol

I was more shocked at the juxtaposition than actually offended, and the mods did a good job cleaning that stuff up when I reported it. But truthfully, the sub went downhill after the first year or two of ACNH. Probably when it went from mostly hardcore players to casuals, haha