Gamer's traditionally have less political sophistication than a dead dog. Recent highly visible gamer moves have included review bombing Helldivers, screaming about not being able to see both labia t the same time in Stellar Blade, and whatever that Sweet Baby/DEI thing I haven't bothered to look at is. Idk what the scale of this roblox bs is, but i am interested in the phenomena of game rage campaigns where they get extremely self righteously mad over strange, often trivial shit and make it their entire life for a few days. Wtf is happening? Is this echoes of gamegate a decade later?

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    8 months ago

    Smells like a mixture of stupidity and capitalist grooming to me.

    Roblox is all kinds of fucked up child labour bullshit. I really worry about gen alpha. They are being conditioned to accept the most dystopian shit.

    I wonder how much of this type of thing is astroterfed by feds?

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      I wonder how much of this type of thing is astroterfed by feds?

      Little lol. It’s more likely astroturfed by far right Prager/White nationalist movements basing off the sign design

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        8 months ago

        yeah, afaik the online freeze-gamer campaigns do get some degree of support from right wing propaganda outfits who have identified them as a way to radicalize the 12-28 male demographic. I have no idea how important that is as opposed to how much is organic.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        more likely astroturfed by far right Prager/White nationalist movements

        So... Feds on their off time?