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Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren't going to play anyway: 'Shut the f**k up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you don't like that guy's opinion then why criticize it? Its not your thing so why have a strong opinion about it?

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The point of Kaplan's (offhand) comment is that there's a social media environment constructed around posting outrage about games/movies/shows that you don't actually care about. The point of these 'criticisms' is garnering attention and monetizing it. It's devolved into slinging vitriol at anything deemed progressive, and was (no joke) pioneered by conservatives deeply involved in the current US administration back during Gamergate.