How old are you?
Protesting usually involves using all the means at your disposal, as shareholders always seek control of opinions and censure of criticism.
To read that we do not have the right to use this or that to make our voice heard depress me deeply. It is the reflection of a society convinced that who controls the money will watch over their interests. That is false.
Don't ask how old I am. How old are
you? I find it extraordinary that any adult could draw a comparison between lying to defame a work of art (that is what you do when you leave a false review) and protesting for social justice. That is so childish. It is not childish to say reviews should be left based on the merit of the creation, that is sane and rational. The implication behind your post is that
any action, no matter what, is justified if you claim it's a form of protest, but it isn't. And I'm glad even Valve agrees with that and has taken action against it. Childish, immature, juvenile behavior at its worst. Don't think that people leaving fake reviews and harassing developers online are the vanguard of some protest movement for justice. It's nonsense. If you want to go picket outside Epic's offices, great. Go do it. That's a legitimate form of protest. But that would take actual effort and courage, unlike leaving a fake review.
But no, the gaming industry is one of cowards. We care more about the product than the people, customers in that case.
And here we have a perfect embodiment of the childish, juvenile, ridiculous stance of people who attack people's art and livelihoods on a false pretense. Hardworking developers who want their work to be respected and reviewed in good faith are "cowards." Shameful beyond belief.
No one's going to lose their job or money over review bombing.
As of today it's the only effective way to be heard.
Sorry, no one is losing money over review bombing? The entire goal of falsely manipulating review scores is to trick people into not buying something on a false basis.
This is such abject nonsense. Listen to yourself. Leaving fake reviews is the only way to be heard? You're being heard right now, although frankly I'm sure many people will wish they didn't have to hear it. There are many ways to be heard. Write to the developer, post on a forum, write in a Discord server about it, speak to your friends, post on social media. There are countless avenues for you to be heard that don't involve posting fake reviews.
I thought you were a socialist.
You know, power to the people.
Not power to the people unless it is affecting something I like, then shut up.
Once again, misrepresenting the views of people you disagree with in order to distort their argument with smears. I never said that if you don't like it, shut up. As I've made perfectly clear, you have almost infinite venues open to make your voice clear about this issue. But what isn't acceptable is to slander someone's work on a false basis and then claim that is a valid protest.
