I think the vast majority of the people on this forum are perfectly reasonable in their daily lives. They might write factually accurate and balanced papers for college and get an A+, or they might write daily reports for work that are completely professional and balanced. They might even evaluate the potential of companies to produce a profit into the future.

Then apparently they come to this forum and something strange happens.

They want to convince a company to change their business strategy going forward but they do everything in their post to guarantee that any normal person will just ignore them.

For the small minority who might not know - here are some things to avoid in written communication if you want to get your point across:
- DRAMATIC LANGUAGE IN ALL CAPS!!! If I see all caps in an email, I immediately think "nutter" and save it for last or just ignore it completely.
- Insulting language. Frankly if a client gets rude or insulting with me at my work they can find someone else to do their work. I don't need their money that bad.
- Taking things personally that affect everyone: No, Zenimax is not singling you or your group out. They are not "***ting on you.
- Obvious bias: The presumption will be that you want your way. You have to go above and beyond to show that your opinion is not biased.
- Stupid assumptions / questions: "If you care about your business / customers, ZOS..." Come on, people. Use your head. Of course they are doing their best and care about both their business and their customers.
- Appeal to the mob: "Hey guys! They're terrible! Hear that, Mr. Company! I told everyone you are terrible. Now listen to me>"
- Try to discourage sales: If you don't do everything I say exactly how I want I'll say bad things about you. (esp on my youtube TM channel)
- They owe you in perpetuity: You bought a game / subscription / DLC. You probably bought more than one, even several. But they don't "owe" you to the degree that many people want to believe. For example, your $40 is not more valuable than another random person's $40. Oh, you spent $50k last year on crown crates? Sucks but that was last year. In my experience the least profitable customers are the people who complain about their bill because they're "long time customers". They think that I should spend twice as much time with them and charge them half as much as a new client. I'm not saying long time customers aren't profitable - just the ones who want a reduced price combined with special treatment.


Edit:
Additions / Contributions from @Merlin13KAGL
A few additions you might deem valuable:
•Overtagging: Tagging 50 moderators with every reply doesn't somehow increase your reply odds or gift you the right to a personalized response. It's not a summoning tool & you're not the leader of the free world. They're moderators. I'm quite sure they have counters and such to show them the high traffic threads.
•Self importance: Proceeding with or implying that your thread is somehow the most important or innovative one out there.
•In game - Self importance: "If I/we leave, the game will crumble. Surely no one has done more for the peasants than I."
•Ambiguous or vague titles: Save clickbait for website banners and fb. It's intended to be a summary - use it that way.
•Demanding response or action: "Oh, well since you put it that way, or gave us an ultimatum, we're now obligated to answer..."
•Self appointed leader/spokesperson: "Everyone feels this way," or "I speak for everyone..."

A well written post or reply will stand on its own merit. Adding the other things detract from any value an excellent thought may have otherwise had.