This.
I cannot fathom why some new dev thinks people will spend money on something they do not know. This is itch and not curated steam. On steam I know stuff has gone through several processes to weed out the junk. How would I know that on itch? How would I know if I would like the game.
Having a demo or public version is prudent.
No rudeness was intended. I regularly see first time publishers with no demo and a price tag, wondering why no one buys. But people do not start as a developer. They usually play games first. It just baffles me, how those new developers seem to forget their previous player experience.
To put it in other words, I wonder how many dollar games they previously purchased as a player. Games that they had no previous knowledge and there was no demo available. From an unknown developer. If the answer is "zero", there you have the reason for my apparant rudeness.
If the answer would be "lots", it would be understandable to publish it similar to the demo-less games they purchased.
Oh. And I always thought, it meant, that someone wholeheartedly agrees with something. A bit similar like saying "dito". Or maybe "same", "I agree" or probably "well said". Best fitting might be the old "hear, hear".
If there is any attitude would depend on the thing "this-ed". Maybe people often like to use that type of thread slang to refer to negative remarks. If so, I failed to realize it.
