I'm still catching up on all the posts, this thread seems rather proliferated from just last night when I seen it. Anyway, as I read on the new ones, I wanted to point out a few things. Ignorance is not to be confused with stupidity. Not knowing the game does not make one a moron. That's just bullshit. Now, you could argue that "They have wiki, they should know about the game and everything in it blahblahblah," except that is Never a valid argument. One should Not have to go read a wiki/whatever entirely Just to be able to enjoy the game. Hell, even after that, there's so many damn nuances in the game that its still rather difficult for anyone new without someone to explain shit to them.
Sadly, People are assholes if given anonymity, it caters to a certain, dark aspect of ourselves and lets us speak and act like we normally never would without the fears of repercussions. This phenomenon is not new. That really is not the problem, but the gameplay almost seems to encourage or at least enable the Grife to an extreme extent. This is not conducive to introducing new people to the game or even retaining them. I don't give a shit for others reasoning: its a game, it is meant to be played. Having it cater to a little niche of certain hardcore players is stupid if thats the 'plan' (and I don't really think it is, it's just that the present development has enabled this to a horrid degree and has never been repaired).
Through design, bugs, and the general apathy of the Internet, we have at present a game that attracts little and loses much, including my own interest. Game is Broken right now and hope some of the issues will be redressed in the future. It is stagnating right now and I myself am patiently waiting for (hopefully) fixes that will eventually arrive. Until then, the best I can describe the game for me right now is "Blah."
...Much longer than I thought it'd be, oh well.