Bungie recently won a lawsuit against a gamer who was sending an employee death threats.

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    3 years ago

    A very close friend of mine works as a community facing employee for a large game company and as part of their job they have to make decisions that will inevitably make people angry. They’ve been very concerned lately about getting doxxed and harassed. Folks online often forget the human on the other side.

    • jontree255@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 years ago

      You’re not wrong but also people shouldn’t be harassing employees for shit that is likely out of their control.

        • JonDorfman@lemmy.world
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          3 years ago

          Why did you see “don’t harass employees” as “don’t offer criticism”? You can pretty easily say “I don’t like X about this game,” or “change Y seems like a step in the wrong direction” without harassing anyone.

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              3 years ago

              Criticism is when you say what is wrong with something, and how to possibly improve it. Obviously, you don’t need to repeat it 500 million times.

              Real harassment is when one literally sends death threats. That’s not ok at all. It’s a game, go touch grass is what I’m saying.

              As for the rest of you who don’t send death threats, your all good people and I wish you a happy day:)

      • little_hoarse@sh.itjust.works
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        3 years ago

        Seasons were great at the beginning, then they slowly yet surely added in more ways the player had to pay to gain access to content. Those dungeons that came free with the seasons? Now you gotta pay for them. All that content you paid $40 for years ago? Gone, but now came back and reskinned so you have to pay for it again. The micro transaction hellscape that is destiny 2 has gone way too far.

        People blindly pay for this shit and I can’t believe they still do. Wool over their eyes and a company stealing right out of your pocket.