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How a reckless lie caused huge internet drama for Path of Exile's developer

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  1. an_angry_tiger
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    Same kind of energy as "it's not a prank, it's a social experiment". Sounds like they wanted a bit of attention online, lied to get it, and got it.

    In that second post (which was also soon deleted along with the original legal advice thread), poelegalthrowaway00 claimed to be "an educator" who was teaching their class about "how easy it [is] to manipulate public opinion and discourse through social media."

    Same kind of energy as "it's not a prank, it's a social experiment". Sounds like they wanted a bit of attention online, lied to get it, and got it.

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  2. RNG
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    Messner is truly a wordsmith:

    Messner is truly a wordsmith:

    It's like Smokey the Bear trying to teach people about the dangers of forest fires by burning down a goddamn forest. Doing harm just to prove it can be done is horrifyingly malicious.

    8 votes
  3. Good_Apollo
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    It’s seems odd that they couldn’t prove their point without involving the disabled community and an innocent games developer. There’s only about an endless number of ways to prove that point...

    It’s seems odd that they couldn’t prove their point without involving the disabled community and an innocent games developer.

    There’s only about an endless number of ways to prove that point without doing what they did.

    7 votes