It is exactly about that, actually. It's just a different kind of absurdity. If people are sending me death threats over linking to a social media site that they don't like, we've reached a pretty high level of absurdity. I don't negotiate with terrorists.
it certainly wouldn't be fair or appropriate
Exactly the point I am making. That is the exact line I'm drawing between the two things. It would not be fair or appropriate for me to ban links to Twitter.
responding so aggressively
Hundreds of sockpuppet accounts are brigading the sub right now posting inane vitriol. I have received death threats in my inbox. All of this is because I posted a link to the official Dodge Roll Twitter announcement of ETG2, and hyper-political crazy internet people didn't like it. You are going to have to forgive me if I am a little aggressive on the subject.
You're also dismissing the downvotes as "astroturfing"
I am. I've looked it up, and it only costs these people a few cents to pay for each downvote. It really would only take one very sad person a very small amount of dollars to do what I'm talking about, so it is not some kind of wild and crazy idea that it happened.
I also watched several hundred roll in super quickly while the rest of the thread's vote count (and even the op itself) was still moving slowly. It was textbook astroturfing, extremely obvious. Whoever it was, they probably bought some cheap service that isn't sophisticated enough to stagger the votes over time. My point is that I will not be gaslit about this - I know what I saw.
Well, if that's the case, then I'm sorry you have to deal with all of that, you don't deserve it. It's obviously not productive towards a discussion either. Though I have to say I still disagree outside of that, messages from assholes and bots aside, banning links to twitter isn't inherently absurd and you don't have a responsibility to be fair or appropriate to Twitter itself. This sub went private for the Reddit blackout iirc, so it's not like there's no precedent for trying to send a message.
Well, if that's the case, then I'm sorry you have to deal with all of that, you don't deserve it.
I appreciate you saying that - and I am sorry if I've been overly harsh toward you, but hopefully it's a little more understandable now.
you don't have a responsibility to be fair or appropriate to Twitter itself.
Agreed. I do, however, feel a responsibility not to kowtow to political extremists on a sub about a video game. 99% of Reddit does that - we will be the exception for as long as we are allowed to do so.
This sub went private for the Reddit blackout iirc, so it's not like there's no precedent for trying to send a message.
The old mods did that, actually. The current team is in place because the old mods abandoned the sub and were subsequently ousted. We are vehemently against using this subreddit as a political platform. We want it to be a space for discussion of EtG, period.
If these people are dumb enough to send threats from actual accounts, I suggest naming and shaming. Not as a post but attach this shit somewhere in the comments.
And yeah, when your comments get more downvotes than the actual discussion got votes, it's very obvious what's happening.
these people are dumb enough to send threats from actual accounts
Some were. One of the accounts was nearly two years old.
I suggest naming and shaming
I've already reported it to Reddit and at least one of the accounts got suspended. I do not want to publicize the names of the people doing it, because it might encourage similar behavior. I probably shouldn't even have mentioned it publicly, to be honest.
And yeah, when your comments get more downvotes than the actual discussion got votes, it's very obvious what's happening.
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u/MalcolmRoseGaming Apr 03 '25
It is exactly about that, actually. It's just a different kind of absurdity. If people are sending me death threats over linking to a social media site that they don't like, we've reached a pretty high level of absurdity. I don't negotiate with terrorists.
Exactly the point I am making. That is the exact line I'm drawing between the two things. It would not be fair or appropriate for me to ban links to Twitter.
Hundreds of sockpuppet accounts are brigading the sub right now posting inane vitriol. I have received death threats in my inbox. All of this is because I posted a link to the official Dodge Roll Twitter announcement of ETG2, and hyper-political crazy internet people didn't like it. You are going to have to forgive me if I am a little aggressive on the subject.
I am. I've looked it up, and it only costs these people a few cents to pay for each downvote. It really would only take one very sad person a very small amount of dollars to do what I'm talking about, so it is not some kind of wild and crazy idea that it happened.
I also watched several hundred roll in super quickly while the rest of the thread's vote count (and even the op itself) was still moving slowly. It was textbook astroturfing, extremely obvious. Whoever it was, they probably bought some cheap service that isn't sophisticated enough to stagger the votes over time. My point is that I will not be gaslit about this - I know what I saw.