Most of all, it seems clear that this issue has deeply divided the community - perhaps irreparably.
I understand why it would feel that way to someone who was happy with the way things were before, but the community hasn't been divided by the change in matching algorithm. It was divided before that.
Some of us have been deeply unhappy with ToT using character matching only for years, which is the whole reason Shipoween was made and why we stopped doing ToT as soon as there was a ship matching alternative. The only difference is that now a different ground of people is unhappy.
I think having two different people exchanges running simultaneously to serve both interests was the best possible solution - but the fact that it was necessary alone shows the long-standing and pre-existing divide of the community.
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I understand why it would feel that way to someone who was happy with the way things were before, but the community hasn't been divided by the change in matching algorithm. It was divided before that.
Some of us have been deeply unhappy with ToT using character matching only for years, which is the whole reason Shipoween was made and why we stopped doing ToT as soon as there was a ship matching alternative. The only difference is that now a different ground of people is unhappy.
I think having two different people exchanges running simultaneously to serve both interests was the best possible solution - but the fact that it was necessary alone shows the long-standing and pre-existing divide of the community.