how deep in debt is the developer here?

[poesescape]

an odd point, but the leftist pandering makes some sense when you consider the company is perhaps on shaky financial ground

they made plushies and board games and tried making a mobile app, but all 3 of these ventures carry problems, mostly related to how grown up adults dont want to buy toys, and mobile gaming can ♥♥♥♥ right off

is this "fake news" thing the company pandering to the political left for more $$$?

also the game itself is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring and limited. the flash game had all the features already lol, and now officially features less bloody outright political propoganda

[Frostea]

If this is liberal pandering then they’re once again doing a very bad job of it, something like this ironically makes the left look even worse.

What do people think of when they hear the words “fake news”? They think of trump and the right wing calling out the liberal media. Which is exactly my point, a normal person is going to look at this in a different way than they were probably intending.

Basically I’m not sure what kind of agenda this is pushing anymore.

[poesescape]

Originally posted by Frostea:

If this is liberal pandering then they’re once again doing a very bad job of it, something like this ironically makes the left look even worse.

What do people think of when they hear the words “fake news”? They think of trump and the right wing calling out the liberal media. Which is exactly my point, a normal person is going to look at this in a different way than they were probably intending.

Basically I’m not sure what kind of agenda this is pushing anymore.

i think they threw darts at a dartboard until they landed on some term they'd heard of before, then they dove right in without thinking too hard

[Majora]

Lemme break it down for you:

1) Dev makes spiritual sequel to Pandemic
2) Dev has cute fist-bump with the CDC, because plagues are scary and health education is good
3) Viral model also works for misinformation spread (and other 'viral' things, hence the term 'viral')
4) Devs have cute fist-bump with fact checkers because misinformation is bad and fact checking is good
5) ???
6) Right wing people assume dev is in debt

Anti-vaxxers are wrong, their wilful misinformation is causing a measles outbreak (source: the WHO). Flat Earthers are wrong, climate change denial is wrong, and peddling these falsehoods is not consequence free. Politicians have been using misinformation tactics for decades. Trump is the absolute worst of them with his alternative facts and racism. Putin does the same. And no, it is not excusable as being part of the political game. It is eroding truth, science, leadership and democracy.

[poesescape]

Originally posted by Majora:

Lemme break it down for you:

1) Dev makes spiritual sequel to Pandemic
2) Dev has cute fist-bump with the CDC, because plagues are scary and health education is good
3) Viral model also works for misinformation spread (and other 'viral' things, hence the term 'viral')
4) Devs have cute fist-bump with fact checkers because misinformation is bad and fact checking is good
5) ???
6) Right wing people assume dev is in debt

Anti-vaxxers are wrong, their wilful misinformation is causing a measles outbreak (source: the WHO). Flat Earthers are wrong, climate change denial is wrong, and peddling these falsehoods is not consequence free. Politicians have been using misinformation tactics for decades. Trump is the absolute worst of them with his alternative facts and racism. Putin does the same. And no, it is not excusable as being part of the political game. It is eroding truth, science, leadership and democracy.

these so called "fact checkers" arnt that, they're very partisan, and service only one particular side. they are not neutral players. they're literally playing the same political game.

politifact is a left-leaning political institution.

in signing this deal, did the developer have to rape a baby oncamera to seal the contract with blackmail? or did they just make him "eat the pain" instead?

[GodMan]

op is hilariously triggered

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by Frostea:

What do people think of when they hear the words “fake news”? They think of trump and the right wing calling out the liberal media.

The whole point of the "co-opt 'fake news'" adaptability option. As you can see it has worked in real life - on yourself. "Fake news" was in use long before Trump to describe birther claims against Obama and the various alleged improprieties of Hillary Clinton. Trump then co-opted it by repeating it ad nauseam whenever he heard something that he disagreed with, thus making it meaningless. The fact that the majority of demonstrably fake stories happen to be espoused by Republican post-neoconservatives is simply a coincidence of the times.

One example of how fake news BS evolves over time is that you can see the Illuminati as either a source or a blame in the manifesto. In real life, the Illuminati were just formed as a private club to discuss the rights of the non-Catholic faculty at a local university. It was basically just a fraternity. Now they're responsible for protecting Hillary Clinton and faking the moon landing or something, I dunno.

[Majora]

Considering the OP's other posts are full of anti-semitism, racism, wild misogynist conspiracy theories, and links to what I assume are porn sites - I recommend discounting him as a reliable source for anything, ever.

[Mashi]

Originally posted by Majora:

Considering the OP's other posts are full of anti-semitism, racism, wild misogynist conspiracy theories, and links to what I assume are porn sites - I recommend discounting him as a reliable source for anything, ever.

Their point about the developers being in debt however does hold some water. Ever notice how when a news site, is running in the red their first action is to engage in outrage bait to draw people in? And of course there's developers who've done the same thing. It's only a short term bump of course, and it does more damage to long-term customers as it tends to tick them off.

Keep in mind, discounting what someone says because "mean words" or "they have a ♥♥♥♥ view" is just silly. Even idiots can be correct on something.

[Majora]

Yes, I've noticed that when they want attention, idiots distract you by pretending to say something almost logical, every once in while.

I don't recommend engaging with them.

[ULTRA]

Seeing as how there are like 10 people working for the company max and they've earned about $8 million USD per employee for the past decade, I think it's safe to say that everyone involved could sit out working for the rest of their lives and not worry too much.

[Olivier Batteux]

Some people seem to recognize themselves in the use of what they call "fake news" as well. That's paradoxal. If you are a right winger, you should not consider that using fake news is so far a right wing technic that criticizing fake news is necessarily against the right wing.

[broked !]

dang

[Flycrack]

Banning people is very bad style @Ndemic Creations

Especially considering that some of the new achievements are only there because of political reasons.

I couldnt care less about that, but banning people is really bad style.

[[TKD] Teaspoon]

The problem with pandering to SJW leftists is that they don't actually buy video games, they just want to control their content and complain about them.

[oldgamermike]

Originally posted by Flycrack:

Banning people is very bad style @Ndemic Creations

Especially considering that some of the new achievements are only there because of political reasons.

I couldnt care less about that, but banning people is really bad style.

its worse than that they are removing posts that brake the storylines they are pushing