j4p

@j4p@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remembering the Corrupted Blood incident: That time WoW was overrun by a virtual plague now referenced by Covid-19 researchers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing clever to say except that this is fascinating and it would be cool to see mmorpg-like environments for other studies of virality, social phenomena etc. Anyone know of anything else like this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, justice department argues in court filing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good news, but does someone more knowleagable of these things know the likelihood of a Trump DOJ derailing this? I am hopefully as the original case was brought in 2017 under Trump, and his relationship with Big Tech is at best strained, but I truly don’t know what to expect moving forward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Me. There’s just an irony in pointing out the failure of Steam to effectively moderate (true) when Twitter has a much larger footprint, seems to be actively encouraging hate speech not just tolerating it, and is being rewardered for such behavior. The article points this out too:

  There’s an aspect of irony to the complaint: Elon Musk turned Twitter into a haven for racism and far-right rhetoric, after all, and he’s being rewarded with a high seat in the incoming US government.

  Senators only have so much time to pick and choose which issues to raise awareness about, so Steam seems like a weird fight to pick given the wider landscape ¯_(ツ)_/¯ . Given Steam received similar warning according the article and there hasn’t been a change. Could just be there’s a much higher chance of getting a change from Steam than a larger social media platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to excuse any hate speech of any kind, but looking around at social media and the effect it has especially on young people and saying “steam forums are the problem” seems like missing the forest for the trees

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the emperor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point I am ready to accept rule by caterpillar to the current state of things