Thread by @legobutts

i get to see a lot of tweets somehow blaming “diversity” as the reason for layoffs genuinely as if the economy was doing really great and capitalism simply worked before miles morales was spider-man*

*they also don’t recognize miles as spider-man

the weirdest part is when i see these takes from developers, or people who have dev bios at least idk it seems wild that a dev would see thousands of layoffs and blame not the industry giants but instead a 15 person narrative company founded by a black woman

these people think a company of narrative designers that freelances on projects has somehow single handedly caused the employment collapse in games, instead of, you know, the insane notion of infinite growth or capitalist greed. it’s easier to blame diversity than that somehow

i still think it’s way more likely that they know that’s not the case and are just fine with looking stupid so long as it justifies them being loudly anti-woke whatever that means

(we all know what it means)

the other part of this is it doesn’t matter if you tell them the truth. they think “DEI” just steps in and changes whole games: that creators are forced by some unseen hand (the govt, blackrock?? i guess? as well as just poc in general) to make games more inclusive???

fighting misinformation would be great! but social media + youtube is not equipped to hold people accountable to doing real research in good faith. just getting hits and proving their point in the absence of confirmation. it’s wild out there. nothing has changed. nothing.

sorry no one thing has changed: the number of people who understand that spreading misinformation just lets them be racist in public with no consequence has increased dramatically. that has changed. probably requires some fighting from those with authority! probably. :(

for example, @Steam doesn’t have guidelines for curators (as far as i can tell) that would prevent someone from starting a curation group that focuses on, say, @SweetBabyInc and…warns people to not buy games they’re associated with? which could just list any game at all??

@Steam @SweetBabyInc which listen. i’m not sure who uses curator lists? my guess is it’s people who would never ever buy the games any of us work on (except they do and don’t list those particular games here) but there’s just nothing preventing this even though it’s clearly not what curators are for

@Steam @SweetBabyInc it’s doubled in followers overnight, and we get to see exactly what people are describing it as: a way to avoid inclusivity. they’re just saying it! and there’s no one challenging them. that isn’t a complaint it’s just a fact - and i can’t stay quiet about it nor should i have to

@Steam @SweetBabyInc really gotta charge my phone

@Steam @SweetBabyInc anyway. remember that these people do exist - and while ignoring it goes a very long way, boosting those you know are affected and targeted is the other side of it that needs to also happen. not even sweet baby! just everyone existing that they are angry at for existing. iykyk.

it’s pretty funny to see a note on my steam curator post, i guess they need to defend themselves because they’re completely wrong about everything sweet baby (or any narrative team) does and have no interest in finding out!