RubberDuck@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefrontwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square135linkfedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down142cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldsteam@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1243arrow-down1external-link‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefrontwww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square135linkfedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldsteam@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·2 months agoIt does get tiresome going to steam threads and seeing the same copy pasted “don’t ruin the game with woke shit” post up voted to the top. There’s a pencil thin line between farming clown emoji and overt bigotry getting pumped to the top of the reviews section by bad faith actors.
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThey removed the clown reaction, as well as the ability to get points for receiving reactions. If that ever was an excuse, it no longer is.
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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago I think we all need to stop communicating online on forums and discord and the like They said while communicating online on social media. No need to stop doing it, just be selective about it.
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minus-squareGathorall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoSteam forums are about game mechanics, advice and tech support right? Or am I being filtered the on-topic stuff?
It does get tiresome going to steam threads and seeing the same copy pasted “don’t ruin the game with woke shit” post up voted to the top.
There’s a pencil thin line between farming clown emoji and overt bigotry getting pumped to the top of the reviews section by bad faith actors.
They removed the clown reaction, as well as the ability to get points for receiving reactions.
If that ever was an excuse, it no longer is.
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They said while communicating online on social media.
No need to stop doing it, just be selective about it.
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whooosh
Steam forums are about game mechanics, advice and tech support right? Or am I being filtered the on-topic stuff?