Brett
@Brett@feddit.org
- Comment on Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news 5 weeks ago:
Back then i still clinged to the few active forums which were still around. I slowly started to switch to reddit 2016 i think.
- Comment on Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news 5 weeks ago:
Coordinated astroturfing on reddit isnt even a new thing. I had the chance to watch how the whole marketing efforts for the Burnout Paradise remaster unfolded from the very first minute . That was back in 2018. It was so blatant how all the posts popped up on the same minute on several different subreddit and then slowly filled with obvious shill comments which got unnatural ammounts of upvotes. I mean there was also some natural engagement. Its still a beloved franchise. But that made it even easier to pick out the tonedeaf marketeer comments since the remaster wasnt that great and it already showed in the prerealse footage. But astroturfing was probably a thing from the very beginning of reddit. But thats the first example i noticed because it was just so obvious.
- Comment on A glimpse of my joyous reality (someone posted this in the wrong community) 1 month ago:
So what kind of job does the hamburger helper do? I can see two answers but like at the same time.
- Comment on After parting ways with EA, WRC gets new home and six-year deal to "reboot" rally series 1 month ago:
Eeeew, Nacon. No thanks.
- Comment on How do we avoid the next airport disaster like Newark? An expert says 6G could be the solution 2 months ago:
Might be true. But also might be the result of the complete catastrophy of the current fascist us government.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 2 months ago:
The first thing i noticed is the awful amount of TAA/Upscaling artefacting. Apart from that it looks good i guess. I mean its GTA. It will probably be an enjoyable game. But still: Fuck Rockstar. Fuck Take2.
- Comment on Half Life 3 2 months ago:
If it gets announced or released: Cool.
But until then all those leakers, dataminers, third class publication, youtubers and everybody else who profits from the attention these leaks naturally drive can fuck right off. The current Valve leaks news cycle is so fucking annoying. Be it Deckard, Deck, HL, whatever else.
Apart from that i was pissed at Valve for the cliffhanger at end of EP2 with no follow up. But that was 15 years ago. Seriously its been over 10 years since i decided that i just stop caring about the franchise. Still played Black Mesa when it finally hit 1.0. That was nice a throwback. But HL3? I just dont care anymore. Might check it out if it ever gets released or not. idk
- Comment on I now see that my collection is sorely missing something 3 months ago:
heres the video of the creator: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBNs3TeINc
- Comment on Hot take: Get your game reviews from gamers, not from collectors 3 months ago:
Hmm, in my experience the are lots of people in the emulation community who just enjoy to get things to work. So the fun comes from building up the romsets, setup the hardware, setup the emulator, test if the games are working, dial in the config for edge cases, maybe layer on a crt-shader, package everything behind a frontend, etc.
They rarely play through an entire game and instead just test out one of the thousands of roms they showed on to their handheld for a few minutes.
Yes, i’m talking also about myself. But after 10 years in the ‘hobby’ this seems to be pretty common.