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I think gamers as a whole, though specifically those in niche communities, need to take a long and hard look at themselves. We should celebrate the volunteers that create wonderful content for us, generally with no financial gain. Instead, commonly, there are communities that criticize and tear down every little thing they can think of. They even went as far as to doxx the poor woman. We need to be better, and we need to hold these kind of toxic trolls accountable. Especially those of us who are men, we have a responsibility to call out other men who mistreat women in the gaming industry, or gaming in general.

*Edit: I apologize if I insinuated that all gamers are guilty of this kind of behavior, that was not my intention at all. My sentiment is that many of us do not think about this kind of thing, and less are willing to speak out against their friends. We need to be better about that as a whole. I appreciate you as a person if you are already of this mindset.

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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Man, gaming communities are so fucking toxic.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I put wheels on my car which are a cheap copy of a very popular wheel because they were $500 not $2000 and I dont race. Every car meet someone has to comment that Im running "fakes" and try to give me a hard time about it. Yeah, Ive got a mortgage and a kid. Fuck off with your Supreme snapback ass hypebeast bullshit. I'm building the car I can afford.

People are toxic, even communities who preach peace and love as their doctrine have people who will whip out the moral-cock ruler and start shit over who is more peaceful and loving.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't know they're here. I only go to reddit for the coordinates exchange sub. Thanks!

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago

Thousands of hours, months of hard work. For about 300 bucks and a bunch of incels doxxing and harassing her.

I cannot fathom why she left.

[–] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Incels/"gamers" harassing a woman - shocker.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 hours ago

It is bad enough having gamers online foaming at the mouth like you just stabbed their mom when you make a mistake in a group.

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