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[nani17]

I sub to Girlfriend Reviews on Youtube they're pretty entertaining but when I saw this last night I was stunned. I'm glad it's going viral today.

It shows how horrible people can be over a game they don't like because of their views. Yes, the internet is full of people that say crap to each other but these two were targeted. They're plenty of Twitter posts from supposed fans claiming they were disappointed by them for just playing the game.

Another thing a website appeared featuring a tracker to check which streamers have played the game. Allowing those to head to those channels and spam horrible messages.

 

[Meicyn]

New age bullying.

It’s fine for folks who want to boycott the game because they hate the author.

It’s not fine to harass others over a videogame.

Edit: Furthermore, I will not listen to a bunch of chuds decrying my lack of morals or some shit over Hogwart’s Legacy while they rock Overwatch avatars (fuck Hong Kong apparently) and play on their Nintendo Switches (fuck the Uighurs apparently).

 

[DeepEnigma]

Turn off chat. Poof, it goes away.

 

[Gaiff]

What was that Batman quote again? You either die a hero or live long enough to become transphobic?

 

[Jennings]

I love Girlfriend Reviews on Youtube, always such great content. Unfortunately they primarily play on a different platform from me and they play a lot of games that I haven't/can't play or know much about going in, but all their videos are highly entertaining nonetheless and they put a lot of work into them.

If that audio is from their stream or something then fuck every single person that bullied them. They're good people.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

That tracker site is just disturbing, these people are fucked in the head.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Man, fuck those people. Girlfriend Reviews is dope and I hope they review the game no matter what the fuckers want

Ed: autocorrect was more polite than me it seems

 

[TintoConCasera]

So the people that say it's not cool to hate on people have created a web page to make it easier to hate on people. Niceee.

 

[nani17]

Turn of chat. Poof, it goes away.

But they want to engage with your fans. They eventually locked it to subs only but I believe one or two had a few things to say but they were eventually banned

 

[BennyBlanco]

Making women cry to destroy the patriarchy

 

[jshackles]

Turn of chat. Poof, it goes away.

I'm not sure that you actually CAN disable chat on Twitch. I think the most you can do is restrict it to subscribers only.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

That's it, I'm now buying 3 copies.

 

[Fake]

'The good guys'.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I'm not sure that you actually CAN disable chat on Twitch. I think the most you can do is restrict it to subscribers only.

You can make it emote only at least. Granted there are so many emotes you can probably get creative anyway, but still.

 

[manfestival]

It is just so bizarre what has come out of this.

I'm not sure that you actually CAN disable chat on Twitch. I think the most you can do is restrict it to subscribers only.

There are ways around it. Followers only, subs only, verified accounts, and even stupid stuff like emotes only

 

[CherryFalls]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Remember this every time they try to tell you cancel culture is just a figment of your imagination.

 

[anthony2690]

So today I learned it's okay to bully and harass people if you're trans, you get a free bully pass

Honestly I can't even comprehend how they can treat others this way.

If you don't like something, ignore it.

 

[Pejo]

Anyone find it kinda chilling that people are making their minds up about other people, completely based on a list on a website.

Like they didn't talk to them, watch them, interact with them at all, but if you see a name on a list - instant hate.

 

[Big Baller]

He should put her in bathtub with a bikini on.

 

[AV]

Streisand Effect in full force. 30m copies sold incoming.

We don't want people to talk about this thing, so we've made a website to track people talking about this thing, so we can talk about the people who are talking about the thing we don't want people to talk about.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Another day, another drama thread. Thinking about installing a CNN app or something.

 

[ManaByte]

Anyone find it kinda chilling that people are making their minds up about other people, completely based on a list on a website.

Like they didn't talk to them, watch them, interact with them at all, but if you see a name on a list - instant hate.

Pretty soon they'll be demanding people who own Hogwarts Legacy have to wear an armband so they can be identified wherever they go.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

clip?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Absolutely disgusting behavior form the hive once again.

 

[Skifi28]

So these are the people of morals and love.

 

[DeepEnigma]

But they want to engage with your fans. They eventually locked it to subs only but I believe one or two had a few things to say but they were eventually banned

I mean, you don't have to in this instance. But yeah, set it to subs only and moderate the clowns.

I'm not sure that you actually CAN disable chat on Twitch. I think the most you can do is restrict it to subscribers only.

I think you can close the window and not see it. Or just don't look at it.

 

[FoxMcChief]

To be fair, they do have a lot in common, wanting to ban things that don’t fit their agenda.

 

[LectureMaster]

I am saying this again and again, those fuckers are not your targeted audience.

Those blue hair fuckers are probably too broke to even sub you on twitch.

They are just some random haters with no life, using the tracker site to entitle themselves to "legitimately" be aggressive to others. Just ask them to fuxk off.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Honestly I can't even comprehend how they can treat others this way.

Most of the nastiest ones hate themselves. So...

 

[Evil Calvin]

Can't you just block the chatter?

 

[ManaByte]

I am saying this again and again, those fuckers are not your targeted audience.

Those blue hair fuckers are probably too broke to even sub you on twitch.

They are just some random haters with no life, using the tracker site to entitle themselves to "legitimately" be aggressive to others. Just ask them to fuxk off.

If I were a streamer I'd immediately be contacting a lawyer about that tracker site.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Or how about just play the game and enjoy it without streaming then

 

[Robb]

Sucks, but it’s the internet. Block the chat I guess if it’s an issue for this one game.

 

[ResilientBanana]

If I were a streamer I'd immediately be contacting a lawyer about that tracker site.

For what? It's based on publicly available information. Twitch should be banning this behaviour

 

[FoxMcChief]

Or how about just play the game and enjoy it without streaming then

Maybe that’s how they make a living though.

Remind me of that classic joke:

 

[VN1X]

Why do these idiots keep engaging with the mob? Just insta-ban those that are trolling in the chat. Problem solved. Stop caving to the Mind Virus.

 

[ManaByte]

For what?

It's no different than the person who made that site that showed people where people who donated to a certain President lived. That got shut down by a judge real fast and the person who made it got screwed.

It's a site made to cause harm to others, just like that President donation tracker was.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

I like Girlfriend Reviews but come the hell on, you are a content creator in 2023. Crying over mean people in chat? How embarrassing.

Permaban every single person in chat and keep streaming. I'm sure plenty of subscribers would even volunteer to mod the chat for them. Every time I see shit like this, I marvel at how soft we've become.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Fucking scum. These streamers will be happier if they ignore those miserable cave trolls

 

[ResilientBanana]

It's no different than the person who made that site that showed people where people who donated to a certain President lived. That got shut down by a judge real fast and the person who made it got screwed.

It's a site made to cause harm to others, just like that President donation tracker was.

Providing someone's address is not on the same level as this.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I like Girlfriend Reviews but come the hell on, you are a content creator in 2023. Crying over mean people in chat? How embarrassing.

Permaban every single person in chat and keep streaming. I'm sure plenty of subscribers would even volunteer to mod the chat for them. Every time I see shit like this, I marvel at how soft we've become.

Seems harsh. I'm sure they're used to chat being fun and supportive.

 

[Adam_802]

Scumbags. And funny enough Reeeeeee fucking loves Girlfriend Reviews lol. Maybe not anymore haha

 

[DeepEnigma]

Providing someone's address is not on the same level as this.

If you show that targeted harassments campaigns are impacting your livelihood, there may be something there.

 

[names are for friends]

Doing the right thing for the wrong reason: the thread

 

[Filben]

Modern witch hunt masked behind allegedly progressive thinking that doing more harm than """supporting""" indirectly JKR does.

Anyways, block the chat, report any insults and hateful speech to Twitch.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Why stop with the twitch tracker?

Round up all the data of peoples who bought the books, all the children who have read it, gather them up and into the ditch!

 

[MiguelItUp]

Why do these idiots keep engaging with the mob? Just insta-ban those that are trolling in the chat. Problem solved. Stop caving to the Mind Virus.

I don't think they were expecting to get the reactions they did, and when you're unprepared, you get thrown off. The degree they were receiving them was probably completely new to them as well. I can't really blame them.

I like Girlfriend Reviews but come the hell on, you are a content creator in 2023. Crying over mean people in chat? How embarrassing.

Permaban every single person in chat and keep streaming. I'm sure plenty of subscribers would even volunteer to mod the chat for them. Every time I see shit like this, I marvel at how soft we've become.

I mean, I don't think that's a fair thing to say. Every person is different, regardless if they're a content creator or not. For instance, SHE was crying and he wasn't. Moving to subscribers only was the swiftest action for them to take, and I'm sure it helped quite a bit.

 

[Majormaxxx]

These people are sick

 

[Tams]

On one hand, this is vile behaviour and some bans need to be dished out.

On the other hand, who the fuck cries because some random person on the Internet, almost certainly not using their real name and living in their mum's basement said something nasty?

Snowflakes all a-fucking round.

Edit: Tangentially, I was just talking to a friend who likes games and things like Harry Potter, but isn't into online culture. Even he brought up the 'boycott'. This absolute nonsense surround Hogwarts Legacy has leached into the normal world.