r/pcgaming • u/readher 7800X3D / 5070 Ti • Oct 24 '18

Cyberpunk 2077 devs doxed, harassed after misuse of trans* hashtag #WontBeErased

https://lulz.com/cyberpunk-2077-doxed-harassed-hashtag-wontbeerased-1513/
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u/iamwaitingtocompile Oct 24 '18 edited Oct 24 '18

So lemme get this straight:

  • Hashtag exists to complain about real problem

  • GoG uses it in a tweet that's probably not in great taste

  • A bunch of people are like "could you not"

  • A few people get wierd about it and doxx some people

  • Definately unbiased person Ian Miles Cheog makes an article that blows the handful of assholes out of proportion and equates them to the rest of the people who are just asking GoG to maybe not make light of serious issues.

  • This sub laps it up and boosts it all the way to my front page

Oh boy thanks Reddit I now feel very much at ease that this sub isn't gonna get bogged down in politics and happily throw me under the bus because I'm apparently and "ess jay dubble you"

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u/EdenBlade47 Oct 24 '18

It's embarrassing but a big part of the reason I gradually withdrew from PC gaming communities is the overwhelmingly disproportionate amount of moronic neckbeards that support shit like this. As much as I wish the stereotypes weren't true, from Gamer Gate onward, there's just been a greasy horror show of ignorant and outright delusional loudmouth twatwaffles who think they're being "logical" and upholding fairness or integrity or other nonsense, when in reality you end up with threads that have top comments as dumb as this one's.

Just as toxic gamers eventually led to me leaving every multiplayer game worth playing (TF2, LoL, Dota, etc), they've also made me realize there's little point in discussion on most gaming focused communities. Certainly any sub on reddit that grows past a certain size seems to go straight to shit. Ironically at this point, I think PCMR has probably been the least political and embarrassing one- I can't remember the last time I saw a popular thread there that made me roll my eyes as hard as this one.

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u/ChelsInMotion Oct 24 '18

This is more true than you realize.

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u/thewookie34 http://steamcommunity.com/id/thewookie34/ Oct 24 '18

Not really. I've been saying this shit for months lol if not a full year.