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submitted 2 months ago by Grimm@lemmy.zip to c/bisexual@lemmy.world

I reported them for harassment with the following statement:

The purpose of this group is to review bomb any game that has gay representation. Their discussion threads talk about using other platforms to discriminate against LGBTQ+ communities and individuals to circumvent Steam's TOS policies. This type of behavior promotes discrimination, review brigading, and toxicity. It is surprising Steam is tolerating such open homophobia on this platform.

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[-] MentalEdge@lemmy.world 154 points 2 months ago

With that absolutely pathetic follower count I'm not too surprised it's still going under the radar.

Compared to curators that people actually care about, that's a fraction of a fraction.

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

And yet, none of that makes it any less disgusting or any more acceptable.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

Their point is Steam likely doesn't condone this behavior; they just weren't aware of it. Reporting it to bring it to their attention will likely get it removed.

[-] MentalEdge@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

No part of my comment suggests otherwise.

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[-] Dagamant@lemmy.world 120 points 2 months ago

It’s funny how they can never define “woke” when asked but have no problem labeling any sort of inclusion as woke when they make a list of woke things. To them, woke is just the safe word to say instead of the slurs they want to say.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 47 points 2 months ago

Anything that isn't a straight white male = woke.

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Even that's woke, according to their definition.

"Straight"—sexuality = woke "White"—race = woke "Male"—gender = woke

I guess games just can't have any characters in them at all anymore, in case one of them has a race or a gender that gets referenced.

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[-] xanu@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

Wow. I thought to myself surely they would be using some blatant dog whistle for the removed, but nope, steam is fully letting them rate games negatively by using every slur in the book.

This definitely looks much worse for steam than any of these sad, lifeless homunculi. I reported them and made note about how letting this group continue looks awful for steam and not taking action reads as endorsement.

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[-] CTDummy@lemm.ee 94 points 2 months ago

Don’t worry guys, I’ll sift through all this gay hentai so you guys don’t have to I’m a hero!

Thanks lad, can’t wait for you to find all the airport toilets that should be avoided so I don’t accidentally wander my way into a BJ.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago

I keep telling all these gay men to stop sucking my cock but they just won’t! I’m really annoyed about it!

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 89 points 2 months ago

NOT RECOMMENDED

[...] Non-binary character option.

HoW dArE tHeY GiVe Me OpTiOnS?!

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[-] ech@lemm.ee 72 points 2 months ago

Some of their reviews are so petty that I want to believe it's satire (though I know it's not). Game has a girl that wants to be an astrophysicist? Woke. PCs fighting equally well regardless of gender? Woke. Literally any POC in the game at all? Woke.

These people are so fucking pathetic and hateful, it's mind boggling. I struggle to imagine how they get through a single day without passing out from the shock of seeing all the "woke" things around them.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 27 points 2 months ago

I WENT OUTSIDE THE OTHER DAY MATE AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW???

A FUCKING RAINBOW MATE, RIGHT THERE IN THE SKY!!!

WHERE KIDDIES COULD SEE IT!!!

FUCKING WOKEYS!!! THEY MADE THE FUCKING SKY GAY!!!

😠 😠 😠

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[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 59 points 2 months ago

I don't see this as an issue, I see it as a recommendation list.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago

These are literally reviews pulling down the review ratings of the games

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[-] trevor 46 points 2 months ago

Anyone else using this to find new """woke""" games to play? (After reporting for bigotry, of course)

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago

Sadly I expect this kinda shit to be normal

  1. I used to get various death threats because of a trans flag in my profile, it's been replaced by spam scammers
  2. When they didn't take down the Rittenhouse game that stung a bit...
[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

what, you think a company that makes more than ten billion dollars a year should be able to afford basic moderation?

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

LGBT is a tag on steam so it's really redundant, bigots can just filter the tag on their account page.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

They don't want to filter it for themselves, they want to filter it for everybody or better yet, stop it being produced in the first place. They make their tantrums as public as they can for a reason.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

548 followers, they're insignificant. Yeah, they suck, but there's literally a button to make them go away and you never see them again.

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 months ago

Throwing a blanket over bigots doesn't solve the problem because they can still recruit other dumbasses to their cause.

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[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 25 points 2 months ago

"Hm, there's a couple guys spray painting slurs on my neighbor's house ... better close the blinds so I don't have to look at it."

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just know this is against the Steam TOS but they would have to be reported to have any action taken and it probably won't happen quickly.

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[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago

These weirdos even think there's an LGBTQ character and boom, instantly triggered. Bonus points for a minority existing as anything else but a target.

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[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Steam curators are such a stupid feature, why would I care about reviews from some specific person instead of just general users? Also clearly a lot of the curators haven't played the game because lots of them already have reviews on unreleased games

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 23 points 2 months ago

Curators are just the steam equivalent of movie reviewers.

If you get familiar with a reviewer's take on things it can help to know if something will be enjoyable based on their preferences to yours. For me, I loved Ebert's reviews because it wasn't the score he gave, but how he worded the review. Some reviews were listing the things he disliked, but since I knew he disliked certain things I loved, it let me know that kind of movie getting a low review from him meant it would be dumb fun and not pretentious. Butbif he mentioned something that we both disliked, I knew to skip that movie.

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[-] Grimm@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago

I need to know if I can pet the dog.

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[-] cimmerian@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

I don't understand the thought process of following something like this. You're just going to be seeing content that annoys you and getting mad...

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[-] pyre@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago
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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 20 points 2 months ago

Oh no, bro! Hypnospace Outlaw portrays a version of the Internet in 1999 that is more diverse and inclusive than it actually was?? Oh no!

[-] umbraroze@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

I remember the Internet of 1999. It was full of awesome weirdos. Everyone thought it was great that awesome weirdos had a place to say what they want to say.

If anything, in some senses, the Internet of 1999 was far more diverse and inclusive than the Internet of today.

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