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CDP tweets trash tweet about trans people AGAIN this time from GOG (Read OP)
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Yes I absolutely see the problem. That's why I said it's utterly ignorant and that I am disappointed in them. I can be disappointed without also needing to be angry at them.
Malicious implies that they did that intentionally. I honestly believe that there was no intent there. I think they just have an utter lack of awareness and used the hashtag because it sounds, on the surface, like something that goes hand in hand with preserving old games. I can understand how they came to take to the action that they did. Doesn't mean I don't think it was fucking stupid of them. Knowing that they are in a part of the world that is not necessarily in tune with American political movements outside of those published in international news makes it plausible that they had no clue. Hell I live here and I had no clue about the movement before this thread, and I even have multiple transgender friends, several gay friends, and several that are still struggling to find their own identities. The difference is that I clicked on the tag and educated myself on it, which they simply did not do.
EDIT: Forgot to add that the Cyberpunk "assume my gender" post was outright offensive. If this wasn't sitting in the wake of that one, this would be a little less of a big deal. This case though is an example of someone that should have known to do their homework first and still didn't, which makes me think they're never going to learn.
We get it. You support GG. You're not very coy either.
Also, a public LinkedIn isn't doxing, dumbass.
the "cheers!" really sells itlol, they're copying that fucking response when you ask for account deletion
The second line of that tweets makes it very obvious that it was intentional.
Could someone hand these guys a PR manual.
Misappropriation of a hashtag to make a joke? Bad enough.
Not even acknowledging the serious situation being made fun of and not even apologizing?
Ugh.
Of course they use Loose instead of Loselol, they're copying that fucking response when you ask for account deletion
Of course
I would stand behind the decision to ban an OP for the game personally (not demanding it, but I get it). Also think some folks on here are very greatly over estimating how important resetera is for word of mouth and general publicity though. Twitch, youtube, larger gaming outlets, etc....just have more of an impact, Reseteras impact wouldn't be a blip on CDPR radar more then likely
Doesn't mean we shouldn't do it though like wtf, fuck you CDPR fire this asshole that non apology doesn't even work when you take the second part of the tweet into consideration. Like really disappointing stuff
The mods must be supporting GG and dumbasses too then, hmm
Seriously how was he not fired after the second time? Even if you don't personally see the issue keeping someone around as a social media person who generates negative attention is idiocy.
This information is pertinent to the fact that GOG's social media team has 100% employed gamergaters though. Why is it okay to post tweets that transphobes make only when it doesn't come from someone who works at a game company?
I never said anything about being angry. I was more just wondering how many times can we simply be disappointed with the same repeated mistakes, but nothing more? Because I'm wondering that same thing myself right now.
User banned (5 days): dismissing transphobia and ignoring modpost
I think what they did was careless and dumb but for me that's all it is. I don't think they're misogynists or sexists or whatever, it's just that they're ignorant and dumb or they just do not care. I mean it isn't happening in their country so of course it all feels foreign to them. I just don't think they're hateful as some claim to be but just really uninformed and ignorant.
Then again it's their 2nd offence.
Then again it's their 2nd offence.
Based on what was just posted on this page, they deserve absolutely 0 benefit of the doubt. And if a company decides to use a hashtag for something as important as that, and not even click on it, then the least they could do is apologize instead of saying "We're not taking a stance on this political debate, we won't talk about politics" When someone is as steeped in Gamergate as their PR guy seems to be, that's just a massive dogwhistle for keeping positive messages about minorities out, but they'll still keep making swipes at us.
The mods can do their thing. Skeleton has been posting Pro-GG stuff throughout the thread. It's fucking stupid.
Why do you guys consistently post peoples social media and personal information? You know this isn't allowed.
Anyway, I dont get how GOG is so plainly unaware of the implications of what they are doing. Their social media account manager is absolutely using their platform to push this bullshit. Instead of constantly heaving out weak ass apologies fire this dude and revamp your outreach team.
This isn't hard. The grounds for termination are "consitstently fucks up and cause shit storms". Why they are protecting these people I dunno. I assume because they dont think its a big deal. Which is why they need a thorough dragging by gamers, media and other companies
Anyway, I dont get how GOG is so plainly unaware of the implications of what they are doing. Their social media account manager is absolutely using their platform to push this bullshit. Instead of constantly heaving out weak ass apologies fire this dude and revamp your outreach team.
This isn't hard. The grounds for termination are "consitstently fucks up and cause shit storms". Why they are protecting these people I dunno. I assume because they dont think its a big deal. Which is why they need a thorough dragging by gamers, media and other companies
Living upto the username, taking giant steps.
Not a GG supporter at all, I just don't see how throwing a linked in and twitter about is constructive and let's face it, throwing up a linked in is baiting people into going further.
Let's keep this ethical.
It's not surprising that there are people who think this way, what I don't get is why would they say this? Thinking this makes you transphobic, but saying it out loud without realizing it would make for bad PR just makes you a complete moron.
It honestly impresses me that they thought this would be ok.
It honestly impresses me that they thought this would be ok.
This is needlessly antagonistic. Using public information to identify, harass, and find other accounts of someone is absolutely doxxing, has been since the dawn of putting public information on the internet. It isn't heroic or less immoral just because the guy is a dick.
My favorite part of threads like these is seeing people whom I've never seen before get banned in droves for being shitheads
The mods did a good thing in removing what could lead to actual doxxing. Doesn't mean that it was what some people want it to be.
We can now be pretty certain it was intentional or is, at the absolute very least, actively encouraged, unfortunately.
It's only allowed when it's not someone from a game company. We have plenty of posts in off topic from racists, transphobes, homophobes etc where tweets and who they work for have been stated. It's a shit double standard to protect these bigots imo.
It's about ethical discussion about ethics in being transphobic
Sorry I have to be that guy but, it's lose.
This is a company, come on.
This is a company, come on.
lol, they're copying that fucking response when you ask for account deletion
It's not a double standard to protect bigots, moderators remove content in off-topic like this constantly, you're makings things up.
Trash. No apology, not even a non-apology like most do. And "We should focus on games" just reads like "Whoa, okay, damn. We'll keep our shitty thoughts and opinions to ourselves and just make games".
What if they aren't unaware, and are signal boosting a specific audience while making feign resignations to the bullshit they post to save face
would posting a screenshot of the GG article with the author's name blurred out be okay, or nah?
thinking back to what they said about the gamergate tweet from the gog account
and if the pro-gamergate pr rep would be the other half of the two people working their social accounts...not a good look
and if the pro-gamergate pr rep would be the other half of the two people working their social accounts...not a good look
can't believe people are still trying to brush this off as having no bad intention behind it, when we just learned that the guy is a bonafide, real deal GGer.
they're probably sexist and misogynists too, but the exact word you're looking for is transphobic.
I got the exact same thing in my deletion email lmao. They must have a KB article where it's misspelled.
It's never been allowed. Posting someone's linkedin in response to a controvery has literally never been allowed especially when comments were not made on their own social media. If you see it report it.
It's not a double standard. Its dumb to defend this shit btw. You dont even know who made the original tweet.
Thanks for the confirmation that the social media guy really is an alt right gamergate person. Breitbart links and whining about Anita, it's just oh so predictable!
I'm sorry but come on, it's 2018...
They know what they did and their shitty "apology" doesn't make anything right. They are not ignorant neither should they be. This is a serious issue which I think needs to be adressed accordingly, so stupid hashtag snagging to sell your fucking service over an issue is definitely not the way to go.
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