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[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Never forget, Steam allowed Alex Jones to publish his "anti-woke" video game there. And it was as disgusting as you can imagine.

[–] Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Worst part is, it seems like it's still up on the platform for purchase. They legitimately do not care. It's funny though that they decided to ban one developer and their games because the person was being openly transphobic, so it seems like they're trying to make people think they care, despite not actually caring.

[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sort of like every business and corporation that has a booth at Pridefest. Many of them are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, yet they're at Pridefest just for the PR.

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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If there's one thing I hate about Steam, it's their lack of moderation. There's Nazi shit everywhere, every game who's using "woke" elements like neutral terms for body types or giving people the choice of their pronoun, or having gay characters, or people of color, or women in positions of power, etc. etc. gets the inevitable flood of constant woke crying threads, comments & review bombing. There's many people who glorify the RuZZian invasion of Ukraine as well through their profiles, while I could not even have a freaking avatar depicting a person dangling from a tree, which was graphically maybe a small step ahead of a stick figure from a hangman game. And even outside of politics it's full of trolls and clown farmers (they should really remove that one anyway). You ask for technical help, and everyone tells you basic shit or attacks you. It's a cesspool.

[–] Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Agreed, they really need to step it up when it comes to moderation of this type of content, including giving out permanent bans to people who make threats or harass others. Most people get a slap on the wrist if anything. I was literally harassed the last time I logged in to steam because the people I knew before knew me as a boy and I come back as a girl (I'm transfem) and they really didn't like that, ended up calling me a groomer and the t-slur. Awful experience, even though I reported it Valve did absolutely nothing about it.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago

Authority fetishists really turning the screws on Middle Earth eh

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Young adults. What we gonna write laws to protect young adults like goddamn children now? Fuck off.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Wait.. what's wrong with laws that protect it's citizens? This seems like pretty standard practice.

I'm not saying that I agree with this particular take but having laws in general isn't a bad thing IMO.

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