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That’s the internet these days. It’s been going on for decades. Game developers got death threats over minor changes to video games and nothing happened to them. Is it that surprising that tactic has continued?

People can make fun of the company all they want. That’s fair game. They shouldn’t be calling the guy’s personal phone or harassing his family, that’s totally over the line.

But nothing happens. The behavior gets a pass so it continues to become more common. That passes for debate now.





Phone numbers are public not personal secrets. If you have a number someone can call it.

And I can find relatives/friends on Facebook to harass. Doesn’t make it ok.

Just like the fact we have agreed upon rules against using chemical weapons or attacking civilians in war (which some violate), the fact something is possible doesn’t mean society should accept it.

If we don’t have even the basic civility of not getting death threats over whatever minor thing someone on the internet is mad at, even mixing us up with their real target sharing our name, what’s left?

Everything becomes full force win at all costs, no matter how stupid or trivial. Who wants to live like that?


To be clear, threatening people in person is against the law too.

Let's all say it together: just because you can doesn't mean you should



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