Sweet Baby Inc doesn’t even remotely do what many think it does, but on the modern internet, that doesn’t matter

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    8 months ago

    Funny how all the mainstream gaming media (+ this 2-paragraphs long blog post [?]) only now decided to cover this story, when the curator list on steam exceded 200.000 subscribers and so SBI run to Kotaku to do damage control, and these mainstream media are only quoting PR slogans from SBI website, or interviews with SBI from fucking Kotaku, or try to ridicule the whole idea by calling it conspiracy theories, or calling hundreds of thousands of players haters, white misogynist, racists and all the usual stuff, but none of these mainstream media actually reported on this story in depth, show what SBI management have been actually saying before all of this came to light, what their founder and employee have been tweeting (tweets now conviniently hidden or deleted) or how THEY (yes, they - Sweet Baby Inc) have been trying to weaponize their followers to ban not only the curator’s list on steam (even while publicly admitting knowing it doesn’t break any steam rules) but also trying to ban the list creator’s account (in spite “because he loves his account so much”).

    I know lemmy is not a place to argue such stuff because it seems even woker than reddit and everyone is in this little bubble, but if you’re curious then look up those who’s been covering this subject from the beginning, for example:

    https://thatparkplace.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJPFQdZwrOutnmSFYtbstA

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeRaTukNYft1_6AZPACnog

    Bottom line is - I can decide for myself what to spend my money on, thank you very much.

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        8 months ago

        Fair point, I wrote it on my phone lying in bed in the morning, didn’t think it would be this long.

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      8 months ago

      Don’t forget the employee who led a harassment campaign against the curator, came back from Twitter suspension just to disrespect Akira Toriyama’s legacy.

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      8 months ago

      show what SBI management have been actually saying before all of this came to light, what their founder and employee have been tweeting

      And you don’t show that either. As someone who is trying to understand the issue people have with SBI, can you show something the founder / employees have actually said? I’m not going to search through a random webpage / Youtube page to see if they actually have something relevant.

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        8 months ago

        They locked their twitter account. So internet archive is your friend.

        The guy below me seems quite slow. I’m not OP.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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          8 months ago

          You are trying to convince people that they said inappropriate things. Again, I am not going to go somewhere to do your job for you and dig through some random archives in case there might be something relevant. Especially if I think you’re making it up.

          Internet archive is your friend, if it’s as easy to find as you claim then it would make your arguments significantly more persuasive if you just included a direct link to an archive of whatever it is you are concerned about.

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            8 months ago

            I have better things to do fortunately. It’s pretty clear from other posts that you already made up your mind. So there’s no use. We can end the conversation here.

            Also I’m not trying to convince anyone. I just wanted to help you.

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                8 months ago

                Can you reference how exactly I hold the burden? Did I state anything that I have to back up? I only said their twitter is locked. I never said anything else. Looks like the room iq is quite low here.

                For the people downvoting. I’m not op. I never claimed anything.

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                  8 months ago

                  Can you reference how exactly they said you hold the burden? The only said you don’t understand burden of proof, (due to your statements implying that the person making bold claims doesn’t need to provide any evidence of those claims.) They never said anything else.

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                    8 months ago

                    I swear people don’t understand the burden of proof and you’re one of them

                    Lmao. I’m losing braincells here lol. Where did I say or imply “the person making bold claims doesn’t need to provide any evidence of those claims”.

                    My only intention was to help you find those tweets if you were interested. Some of you behave so chronically online. Get a life.

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        8 months ago

        What does “woke” mean?

        WOKE:

        Wisdom
        Openness
        Kindness
        Empathy

        It is a state of awareness achieved by intellectually sensitive individuals who have empathy for the plight of others, especially those suffering from injustice and oppression such as racism or systemic bigotry.

        This term is also used by people without functional empathy in an attempt to insult and mock those people with empathy.

        But “woke” does not mean “persecution”. “Woke” just means that casual racism, sexism, religious and gender bigotry, and general lack of human empathy are no longer acceptable in polite society.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      when the curator list on steam exceded 200.000 subscribers

      They have a discord too.

      These are the same people who say things like “I don’t care if someone’s gay, just don’t make it your entire personality.” Meanwhile I don’t know what the fuck these people talk about in a “SBI worked on these 16 games” Discord group.

      Oh, and apparently they had to delete every post in their discussion forums and lock them to make sure they didn’t break Steam’s rules. Because that’s a sign of a group of reasonable people…

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      8 months ago

      It’s not a story when it’s a couple of conspiracy theorists making horrifically inaccurate deductions. It’s a story when it’s hundreds of thousands of people led on by a bunch of horse shit.

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      8 months ago

      Ah yes, Reddit, the epicentre of all wokeness.

      The mainstream media picked up on it when actual intelligent games producers chimed in to try to defuse the situation you fragile little man babies were trying to stir up.

      It is nothing but conspiracy theories.

      If you buy into the bullshit conspiracies then you are a hater. Or a moron. Or both. All 200,000 of you.

      If you think the curator isn’t a bigot and/or racist and/or misogynist you’re a fucking idiot.

      The CEO of SBI being full of hyperbole doesn’t change any of that.

      You say you can “decide for yourself” and then list a handful of links to people pushing their own agenda.