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GOG apologizes for emailing Nazi runes to its followers (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 53 points 14 hours ago

It wasn’t, this is their second apology! From the first (with added emphasis):

What was displayed in several devices as doppelrune is out of our control. ᛋ was displayed as ϟ on several devices (might display for you differently here as well just letting you know). We should pay more attention to checking it on a different systems and devices. I also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime. This was noticed before distribution, and out of respect for local sensitivities, the material was not sent to the German community.

[-] DdCno1@beehaw.org 5 points 3 hours ago

The S rune is not the only issue. By combination of runes, I meant the whole thing. All of these runes have been used by Nazis and extensively so. While the rune used by the SS is the most well known, this is like a best-of of which runes Heinrich Himmler and modern Nazis are especially fond of.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 10 points 5 hours ago

That's not even true. Am German, got the mail. (To a ".de" e-mail adress btw, so it's not like it would have been hard to filter.)

[-] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

Someone else further down mentioned that it was likely the translators that caught the issue which would make more sense as to why the German translation was held up while it was still sent out in other languages (regardless of user location).

[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 8 points 5 hours ago

AFAIK, it was not sent to people signed up for the German language newsletter. Filtered via language, not location.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 7 points 5 hours ago

This doesn't even make sense when it's about symbols that are illegal in one country. Not all German speakers live in Germany, not all people in Germany use the German language version of things.

[-] Ghoelian@piefed.social 4 points 4 hours ago

But also not everyone with a .de domain lives in Germany. You can't really accurately filter for this in a newsletter unless you know everyone's location. So they just used the language, thinking that would catch most German citizens.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago

There is also a "location" in my GOG profile, wnich is set to Germany.

[-] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 72 points 12 hours ago

"We noticed it was some nazi shit but we did it anyway, except in Germany where it's illegal." Pretty wild defense.

[-] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 hours ago

They only apologize when they get caught. Everything else is "fine".

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