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Gamer's traditionally have less political sophistication than a dead dog. Recent highly visible gamer moves have included review bombing Helldivers, screaming about not being able to see both labia t the same time in Stellar Blade, and whatever that Sweet Baby/DEI thing I haven't bothered to look at is. Idk what the scale of this roblox bs is, but i am interested in the phenomena of game rage campaigns where they get extremely self righteously mad over strange, often trivial shit and make it their entire life for a few days. Wtf is happening? Is this echoes of gamegate a decade later?

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Smells like a mixture of stupidity and capitalist grooming to me.

Roblox is all kinds of fucked up child labour bullshit. I really worry about gen alpha. They are being conditioned to accept the most dystopian shit.

I wonder how much of this type of thing is astroterfed by feds?

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wonder how much of this type of thing is astroterfed by feds?

Little lol. It’s more likely astroturfed by far right Prager/White nationalist movements basing off the sign design

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

yeah, afaik the online freeze-gamer campaigns do get some degree of support from right wing propaganda outfits who have identified them as a way to radicalize the 12-28 male demographic. I have no idea how important that is as opposed to how much is organic.

They all have the same agenda

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

more likely astroturfed by far right Prager/White nationalist movements

So... Feds on their off time?

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Some of those that make robux

Are the same that make glow-bucks