• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 days ago

    Do you legitimately think that any use of the words “what about” makes something whataboutism?

    No, that’s not what makes it whataboutism. That’s just a funny bit of your comment. What makes it whataboutism is your continued insistence that the problematic behavior is sourced from elsewhere. That’s not how things work. The right-wing extremism on Steam isn’t a symptom of extremism elsewhere. It isn’t sourced from elsewhere. It’s there on Steam, because the source for it is the same on Steam as it is on Twitter, right-wing extremist users. Suggesting that it is derived from the other sites implies that Valve is less responsible for it than other sites, which doesn’t make any sense. Furthermore, your argument in your comment is based on your perception of victimhood of video games by other media, which isn’t relevant to the conversation at all.

    And finally, the fact that Steam supposedly has, by your estimation and without any supporting evidence, less right-wing extremism than other sites doesn’t make the problem better or worse for Valve. It’s still a problem, and it’s one they have to deal with. Not twitter, not Facebook, and not anyone else.

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      22 days ago

      your continued insistence that the problematic behavior is sourced from elsewhere

      So you’re suggesting that Steam is the source of the extremist behavior we see across a broad spectrum of other media?

      For someone literally arguing about argumentation, it sure is hard to see your point.

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        22 days ago

        No, you just don’t seem to be understanding what I’m saying, or the point of the article linked. The source is the users, of course. What I’m saying is that they didn’t come from twitter. They’ve always been on Steam, just as they’ve always been on twitter or facebook.

        And so, it logically follows that if you blame twitter for not dealing with users like that, then you must, by necessity, blame Valve for not dealing with them either.

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          22 days ago

          This just in:

          Steam users only use Steam and no other platforms.

          More at 11.