Pepe the frog and swastikas are the most common extremist symbols found on Steam, according to the report, respectively representing 54.6% and 9.1% of detected symbols.
So more than half of the “extremist” symbols are a meme that a tiny fraction of conspiracy theorists think is a dogwhistle for racism.
Game mods are also touched on in the report, which claims to have found hundreds of mods for games, most notably Garry’s Mod, “that specifically reference mass shootings.”
Who even thinks this is a big deal? This screams boomers being upset about violent video games all over again.
Are you sure they’re not just pissy about the DEI Detected community and want to force steam to shut it down?
I had some other thing I was gonna say but you blindsided me there; why the living hell would it be bad for Steam to shut down a community that makes list of games featuring diverse characters so they can boycott them and spread ignorant hate about their developers? Yadayadayadablahblah the first amendment guarantees the right to freedom of speech. But Valve aren’t an arm of the federal government, so it truly would be fine for them to nuke these groups. High past time even.
Fuck the ADLs censoring of Palestinians but I gotta ask, what is even the relation here?
Because both the Palestinian communities and anti-DEI communities have legitimate core messages, and both have members that spread hate.
If you’re willing to let any community get taken down despite them breaking no rules or laws, accept that it also can happen to the communities you support. It is as simple as that.
Ah, that bastion of social responsibility. If the only thing I know about someone is that they are on Twitch, I’m probably not motivated to learn a second thing about them. One can say Twitch > 4chan > Stormfront, but it’s a pretty shallow gradient.
So more than half of the “extremist” symbols are a meme that a tiny fraction of conspiracy theorists think is a dogwhistle for racism.
Who even thinks this is a big deal? This screams boomers being upset about violent video games all over again.
Are you sure they’re not just pissy about the DEI Detected community and want to force steam to shut it down?
I had some other thing I was gonna say but you blindsided me there; why the living hell would it be bad for Steam to shut down a community that makes list of games featuring diverse characters so they can boycott them and spread ignorant hate about their developers? Yadayadayadablahblah the first amendment guarantees the right to freedom of speech. But Valve aren’t an arm of the federal government, so it truly would be fine for them to nuke these groups. High past time even.
Fuck the ADLs censoring of Palestinians but I gotta ask, what is even the relation here?
Because both the Palestinian communities and anti-DEI communities have legitimate core messages, and both have members that spread hate.
If you’re willing to let any community get taken down despite them breaking no rules or laws, accept that it also can happen to the communities you support. It is as simple as that.
Whenever I see a pepe, I assume it’s someone who at least doesn’t mind being confused for a terrible fucking person.
Where did you go for it to be associated with terrible people? It is one of the most used twitch emojis.
Ah, that bastion of social responsibility. If the only thing I know about someone is that they are on Twitch, I’m probably not motivated to learn a second thing about them. One can say Twitch > 4chan > Stormfront, but it’s a pretty shallow gradient.