Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.

GLP323b14_ESO · March 11

" Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. "

[snip]

Get on BlueSky Zenimax.

[edited for bashing]

colossalvoids · March 11

I believe they're already also there if you need 'em to.

spartaxoxo · March 11

https://bsky.app/profile/elderscrollsonline.com

Tra_Lalan · March 11

Out of respect to milions of people that were killed by this ideology, you just shouldn't use that word with such a silly context.

SkaiFaith · March 11

GLP323b14_ESO wrote: »

" Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook. "

[snip]

Get on BlueSky Zenimax.

🤔 Why not Rumble? (To be honest I didn't check either if an ESO account is already there)
Edit: obviously referring to posting videos outside of YouTube.

[edited to remove quote]

ZOS_JessicaFolsom · March 11

As @spartaxoxo mentioned (thank you!), we did recently launch our ESO Bluesky and are adding it to the end of our articles moving forward.

Aelfan · March 11

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

TaSheen · March 11

There are quite a few of us regularly on this forum who don't touch "social crap media" with a thousand foot pole. So yes, I would far prefer it if ZOS put most of the info here instead of on those sites.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · March 11

TaSheen wrote: »

There are quite a few of us regularly on this forum who don't touch "social crap media" with a thousand foot pole. So yes, I would far prefer it if ZOS put most of the info here instead of on those sites.

Same.

SilverBride · March 11

I don't use social media. I did for awhile but I couldn't stand the attention seeking atmosphere and closed down the few accounts I had. In my opinion, official ESO content should be presented on the official ESO page and forums.

ZOS_JessicaFolsom · March 11

For what it's worth, we do our best to ensure that all really critical info is mirrored here as well as on our official social media channels. We aim to reach our players where the majority are, when outside of the game. (And consider preferences for social media versus forums versus Reddit, etc.)

thejadefalcon · March 11

SilverBride wrote: »

I don't use social media. I did for awhile but I couldn't stand the attention seeking atmosphere and closed down the few accounts I had. In my opinion, official ESO content should be presented on the official ESO page and forums.

Cool? The question at hand isn't if every individual player was active on social media. I don't really use social media much either. That doesn't matter. What does matter is important information being spread as far and wide as possible, which means posting important things to all platforms (except Twitter, because wow) is the best possible practice.

DenverRalphy · March 11

SilverBride wrote: »

I don't use social media. I did for awhile but I couldn't stand the attention seeking atmosphere and closed down the few accounts I had. In my opinion, official ESO content should be presented on the official ESO page and forums.

And it is presented on the ESO page and forums. Did you miss an announcement that was only available elsewhere?

Or are you inferring that it should only be presented on the official ESO page and forums?

LadyGP · March 11

Aelfan wrote: »

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

The amount of people who are on the forums vs Reddit, Discord, X, BlueSky, Instagram, etc. are night and day.

I'm of the opposing view point. I want them to hit those other social media platforms to solicit more feedback than stay siloed in the forums. The barrier to entry for the forums is real and theres only a sliver of players on here vs those other platforms.

colossalvoids · March 11

LadyGP wrote: »

Aelfan wrote: »

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

The amount of people who are on the forums vs Reddit, Discord, X, BlueSky, Instagram, etc. are night and day.

I'm of the opposing view point. I want them to hit those other social media platforms to solicit more feedback than stay siloed in the forums. The barrier to entry for the forums is real and theres only a sliver of players on here vs those other platforms.

For people advocating for forums it's more about actually owning the game to participate in feedback loops and to have some equality as everyone is more on equal footing there unlike on socials where traction dependant on the following or some specific skills to bring yourself on a spotlight and draw attention.

SilverBride · March 11

DenverRalphy wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I don't use social media. I did for awhile but I couldn't stand the attention seeking atmosphere and closed down the few accounts I had. In my opinion, official ESO content should be presented on the official ESO page and forums.

And it is presented on the ESO page and forums. Did you miss an announcement that was only available elsewhere?

Or are you inferring that it should only be presented on the official ESO page and forums?

How about changing " Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook." to say " Let us know via the official ESO forums, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook."

DenverRalphy · March 11

SilverBride wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I don't use social media. I did for awhile but I couldn't stand the attention seeking atmosphere and closed down the few accounts I had. In my opinion, official ESO content should be presented on the official ESO page and forums.

And it is presented on the ESO page and forums. Did you miss an announcement that was only available elsewhere?

Or are you inferring that it should only be presented on the official ESO page and forums?

How about changing " Let us know via X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook." to say " Let us know via the official ESO forums, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook."

Why would they need to? That blurb is in place simply to alert players that there are sources of communication and information outside of the official page and forums. It grows their social media presence, and with a bigger social media presence they draw more attention. Kinda the whole point of marketing. Anybodoy reading that blurb is already aware of the official page and forums.

DeadlySerious · March 11

Everything to do with ESO should appear on this official forum first.

Many of us will never visit a social media site, and for very good reason.

DeadlySerious · March 11

LadyGP wrote: »

Aelfan wrote: »

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

The amount of people who are on the forums vs Reddit, Discord, X, BlueSky, Instagram, etc. are night and day.

I'm of the opposing view point. I want them to hit those other social media platforms to solicit more feedback than stay siloed in the forums. The barrier to entry for the forums is real and theres only a sliver of players on here vs those other platforms.

This is true, and for all the wrong reasons. I'll just leave it at that. I disagree that we should get any game related updates via social media, but I do agree that it's a problem that so few have access to this, the official forums. The problem is why so few have access to posting on the official forum even though everyone can read them at any time.

GLP323b14_ESO · March 11

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

As @spartaxoxo mentioned (thank you!), we did recently launch our ESO Bluesky and are adding it to the end of our articles moving forward.

Ah. Thanks!

Somehow I managed to miss it the last time I looked. Or maybe that was over 2 weeks ago.

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DenverRalphy · March 11

DeadlySerious wrote: »

LadyGP wrote: »

Aelfan wrote: »

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

The amount of people who are on the forums vs Reddit, Discord, X, BlueSky, Instagram, etc. are night and day.

I'm of the opposing view point. I want them to hit those other social media platforms to solicit more feedback than stay siloed in the forums. The barrier to entry for the forums is real and theres only a sliver of players on here vs those other platforms.

This is true, and for all the wrong reasons. I'll just leave it at that. I disagree that we should get any game related updates via social media, but I do agree that it's a problem that so few have access to this, the official forums. The problem is why so few have access to posting on the official forum even though everyone can read them at any time.

Everyone has access to the official forums. If you can play ESO, you have access to the forums (well excepting the bad apples who've receive forum bans).

LostScot · March 11

TaSheen wrote: »

There are quite a few of us regularly on this forum who don't touch "social crap media" with a thousand foot pole. So yes, I would far prefer it if ZOS put most of the info here instead of on those sites.

100%. There's no need for all these social media platforms when a game or company has a perfectly good website of its own.

Tandor · March 11

Every official announcement should be made on the website and official forums, but if they want to add in social media on top of that I'm fine with it. The problem tends not to be announcements, but comments from developers on say Reddit that don't get duplicated here.

I'm just grateful they don't require me to join a guild in order to see official announcement

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sarahthes · March 11

LostScot wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

There are quite a few of us regularly on this forum who don't touch "social crap media" with a thousand foot pole. So yes, I would far prefer it if ZOS put most of the info here instead of on those sites.

100%. There's no need for all these social media platforms when a game or company has a perfectly good website of its own.

This forum is not intuitive to join, and you have to 9wj the game already to join it.

Information being broadcast in more places is better than only posting it in one place.

TechMaybeHic · March 11

They need to post on ICQ and AIM while they are at it...Have they even updated their MyFace profile?

(Just making light of an expectation to be everywhere(

LostScot · March 11

TechMaybeHic wrote: »

They need to post on ICQ and AIM while they are at it...Have they even updated their MyFace profile?

(Just making light of an expectation to be everywhere(

I still have access to my ICQ account (and the number is permanently etched in my brain!) so I for one am cool with this!

Xarc · March 11

TaSheen wrote: »

There are quite a few of us regularly on this forum who don't touch "social crap media" with a thousand foot pole. So yes, I would far prefer it if ZOS put most of the info here instead of on those sites.

Bluesky is doomed to disappear anyway

SaffronCitrusflower · March 11

DenverRalphy wrote: »

DeadlySerious wrote: »

LadyGP wrote: »

Aelfan wrote: »

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

The amount of people who are on the forums vs Reddit, Discord, X, BlueSky, Instagram, etc. are night and day.

I'm of the opposing view point. I want them to hit those other social media platforms to solicit more feedback than stay siloed in the forums. The barrier to entry for the forums is real and theres only a sliver of players on here vs those other platforms.

This is true, and for all the wrong reasons. I'll just leave it at that. I disagree that we should get any game related updates via social media, but I do agree that it's a problem that so few have access to this, the official forums. The problem is why so few have access to posting on the official forum even though everyone can read them at any time.

Everyone has access to the official forums. If you can play ESO, you have access to the forums (well excepting the bad apples who've receive forum bans).

If only bad apples were banned then you'd have a point.

DenverRalphy · March 11

SaffronCitrusflower wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

DeadlySerious wrote: »

LadyGP wrote: »

Aelfan wrote: »

It would actually be nice if ZeniMax focused more on their own forum, rather than spread the community over too many platforms (that said, I did just follow you on Bluesky and comment on a post!).

The amount of people who are on the forums vs Reddit, Discord, X, BlueSky, Instagram, etc. are night and day.

I'm of the opposing view point. I want them to hit those other social media platforms to solicit more feedback than stay siloed in the forums. The barrier to entry for the forums is real and theres only a sliver of players on here vs those other platforms.

This is true, and for all the wrong reasons. I'll just leave it at that. I disagree that we should get any game related updates via social media, but I do agree that it's a problem that so few have access to this, the official forums. The problem is why so few have access to posting on the official forum even though everyone can read them at any time.

Everyone has access to the official forums. If you can play ESO, you have access to the forums (well excepting the bad apples who've receive forum bans).

If only bad apples were banned then you'd have a point.

I recognize that you were going for a certain level of snark in your reply. But if that were true, it'd serve only to drive the point home that there's a need to communicate outside of the official page/forums.