Re:The Godot Manager Went Rogue (3000 Accounts Blocked)
by nevermindboy on Sunday September 29, 2024 @08:59PM
(#41692360)
How tolerant of them. I saw someone get banned in the discord server LIVE, just because he thumbs downed a message by the community manager. How fragile an ego, how weak a person. Use your personal social media for the activism, not the company's official social media. I am not going to donate to this crazy org anymore.
Re:The Godot Manager Went Rogue (3000 Accounts Blocked)
by keb_ on Sunday September 29, 2024 @09:11PM
(#41692446)
The title is sensationalist. Looks like someone at Godot responsible for Twitter communications and Discord (not a manager of the engine) is banning folks for mild comments. Anti-woke people on Twitter respond by implying this community manager is somehow responsible for the quality of the engine itself (?), and making politically charged, blanket anti-LGBT statements using terms like "leftard", "rainbow people" and "mentally ill".
Basically more social media drama, and the worst kind too.
Re:The Godot Manager Went Rogue (3000 Accounts Blocked)
by gspetr on Sunday September 29, 2024 @09:24PM
(#41692529)
I've read some of the threads, and it appears that Discord and X are not the end of it.
Apparently, this same CM also runs Godot's Github account: some people have reportedly been banned on Github as well, and if that's true, having non-technical activists run your Github account is wild to me.
There have also been reports that some developers who are Titanium level backers (i.e. at least $100 monthly) of the Godot engine have been banned as well.
Re:The Godot Manager Went Rogue (3000 Accounts Blocked)
by nevermindboy on Sunday September 29, 2024 @09:22PM
(#41692514)
My friend, this is not as small as it seems. Here's why:
1. That person is the godot community manager so yes, a manager.
2. That person is banning people for even quoting the original author of Godot who said that people with different political opinions should not be isolated or put a label on.
3. That person has banned several discord users for disliking their messages on the discord servers.
4. Several developers have been blocked by Godot on GitHub too.
5. A discord user was banned for having a bio that read something along the lines of 'save children from being mutilated by woke clinics' [paraphrased]
Basically more social media drama, and the worst kind too.
Apparently, this same CM also runs Godot's Github account: some people have reportedly been banned on Github as well, and if that's true, having non-technical activists run your Github account is wild to me.
There have also been reports that some developers who are Titanium level backers (i.e. at least $100 monthly) of the Godot engine have been banned as well.
1. That person is the godot community manager so yes, a manager.
2. That person is banning people for even quoting the original author of Godot who said that people with different political opinions should not be isolated or put a label on.
3. That person has banned several discord users for disliking their messages on the discord servers.
4. Several developers have been blocked by Godot on GitHub too.
5. A discord user was banned for having a bio that read something along the lines of 'save children from being mutilated by woke clinics' [paraphrased]
I expect a non-trivial amount of game devs (of any political alignment) to at least pause and wonder if this is a good investment.