It’s unfortunate...
it strikes me that decades ago, people with “little common sense” (to put it kindly) were more discreet; no matter how fanatical they were, they were afraid of looking ridiculous and kept quiet.
Nowadays, they’ve completely lost control...
they make YouTube videos, get likes, have people who support them, and end up profiting from their lack of judgment.
And I think that’s clearly the fault of how the internet is being managed. Now, when a fool spouts nonsense on social media, instead of being mocked, the algorithm finds that fool an army of fools just like him to tell him, “You’re doing great, bro”…
That makes me think we should bring back the tradition of teasing...
that humiliation that used to sound nasty but that we eventually came to realize was, to a certain extent, healthy.
I mean... when I was young, if anyone supported Nazism on a forum, they'd get banned instantly; now I have to respect them or I'll be the one who gets banned...
OP has clarified her point several times, but you haven't responded to her or a single post with her actual desire with anything other than this tired argument or focusing on racism, despite her not bringing up racism once:
"EDIT: This wasn't excluding anyone and I'm not looking to 'make a new space'. I'm looking to connect with other Black female game devs to talk about our shared experience. I'm assuming there aren't any here, but thanks for jumping in, everyone."
"There is nothing wrong with connecting with other folks who have a shared experienced, especially when you're marginalized in a lot of ways. Have a good one. "
Several of your posts:
"Wow, Black people had equal rights 50 years ago and there is not even a hint of racism today. And now you are turning on your own race. Only white people say these things so I know you are white"
"The thing is that this black woman is accusing the game dev community of racism"
Refusing to read and continuously putting things in OP's mouth because she made a post about wanting to connect with other Black developers comes off as racist, yes. I only really responded to this post to show solidarity with her because of you and the other people here jumping down her throat.
I don't plan to engage with someone who magically loses the ability to read and keeps going off-topic due to continuously losing the ability to read, but I am responding with the smallest of prayers that you understand why No Time to Play called you racist. I'm not even calling you racist. I am just pointing out that you refusing to read leads to assumptions about you. I'm stating this plainly because you keep jumping to conclusions.
