Comment on Waypoint Writers Quit Over Removal Of Articles Related To New Steam Policy [Update] - Aftermath
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Hmm, some of those titles are suspicious because yes perverted nerds do cause some of society’s problems as we learned from the whole incel movement, and there are studies showing some types of porn lowers empathy etc for others.
Yes, there are good reasons for moderating a platform that distribute games.
The deleted article’s author question some of the feminist group’s claim, and highlight some involved parties are motivated by faith. But they’re don’t dispute the need for moderating Steam where necessary, for instance if there is CSAM.
So I don’t see a good reason to censor those articles.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It’s the fucking principle.
3rd party payment holders should not be the morale Police…what turns into morale reasons shifts to political very quickly
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 month ago
It goes well beyond the principle.
If this sticks, expect every conservative group in the US to start trying this. Pressure Visa/ MC/ PayPal not to accept charges from Planned Parenthood, or from LGBT-friendly bars, or from book publishers they don’t like, etc. This is just censorship by other means.
SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 month ago
We agree, actually.
However, someone somewhere has to moderate the things on a platform and to be fair steam famously doesn’t often.