Comment on The Verge Under Fire For Publishing Info About ‘Deadlock,’ Valve’s Secret Shooter
ccunning@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Why wouldn’t they just put journalists they gave access to under embargo?
Comment on The Verge Under Fire For Publishing Info About ‘Deadlock,’ Valve’s Secret Shooter
ccunning@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Why wouldn’t they just put journalists they gave access to under embargo?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s not clear if he got access from Valve or from a friend or someone else. The article simply states
ccunning@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ok - but they all originate from Valve, right? They couldn’t just put it behind a paywall or “NDA”wall?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 months ago
From my understanding users of the beta can then invite others to join as well, Valve isn’t necessarily directly choosing who has access. So if Valve didn’t send the invite themselves they wouldn’t know to specifically put someone under a more strict NDA or whatnot because they’re a journalist. Could they have done more to restrict all users from sharing information? Yes, since apparently you just have to hit escape to bypass the agreement pop up, and there’s no other sort of NDA or contract or w/e in place upon joining.
ccunning@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s all I’m saying. Valve is the gatekeeper and left the gate wide open. They blew it and they’re looking for someone else to blame.