Nintendo asks brands to keep politics out of Animal Crossing

[Forgettable]

What are YOU trying to discuss because your first post was just questioning someone’s understanding of the word censorship.

Nothing until we're all on the same page.

[Milchshake]

TLDR:
Snowflakes were triggered by Biden Island.



Conservative gamers have the thinnest of skins.

/change my mind

[Shadowferal]

It may be a form of censorship, but it's a legit form.
No different than bleeping out words that may be recognized as swearing.

[Breccia]

Nintendo here is allowing censorship. They are well within their legal right to do so. But it is still censorship.

Uh...okay, yeah, I can accept that. Apologies to @PACOX as well.

[jonnysensible]

TLDR:
Snowflakes were triggered by Biden Island.



Conservative gamers have the thinnest of skins.

/change my mind

look buddy the just want ethics in game journalism

and to revive national socialism

[Dezerte]

Most of you in this thread don't understand the definition of censorship, so we can hardly have a discussion until that's been cleared up.

https://ncac.org/resource/what-is-censorship

Nintendo here is allowing censorship. They are well within their legal right to do so. But it is still censorship.

Fair enough. Then I'm even in favor of some censorship (i.e. incitements to violence).

[arandomuser]

Of course the game made in a country with a single party authoritarian ethno-state tells others to keep politics out

[PC2]

Certainly it would be beneficial to keep political party content out of the game but they should still allow content that is about political philosophy and (non-violent) ideologies, imo. It shouldn't be divisive or harmful to have content that is about political ideas as long as it's disconnected from party tribalism and specific politicians.

[kail]

Their platform, their say. Just like all the social media and other privately-owned platforms that dictate what resides there, Nintendo has the same rights as Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

[PC2]

Their platform, their say. Just like all the social media and other privately-owned platforms that dictate what resides there, Nintendo has the same rights as Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Of course but what's more important than legal rights is whether the policy improves the game and whether the policy makes sense.

[Nastard]

Without exception, politics in an online setting will ALWAYS devolve into people turning into mindless maniacs and never reaching any sort of mutual resolution. If Nintendo wants to keep that idiocy out of their game, good on them.

[Adam Jensen]

Fair? Censorship? Stopping innovation?

Fair. I don't agree/disagree with Nintendo, I don't play the game and have no dog in the fight. But Animal Crossing is their platform and they have every right to impose whatever speech restrictions they want. And if they don't want the game used as a political tool, that's their prerogative.

Government censorship is bad, but this isn't government censorship. Private entities have every right to censor whatever they don't support within their own domains, and that is a critical part to free speech, as counterintuitive as that sounds. Forcing Nintendo to support the use of their platforms for things they do not support violates Nintendo's right to free speech. People who want to voice such things have alternative venues to go to.

[kail]

Of course but what's more important than legal rights is whether the policy improves the game and whether the policy makes sense.

If it diminishes the game and makes zero sense, the game suffers. This applies to any game update. I'm just tired of people quoting and crying "free speech violation" when they don't have the first clue on how free speech works.

[Theodarzna]

Nintendo has bravely put its foot down on cringe, which I endorse because that shit was cringy.

[Felya]

Nintendo has bravely put its foot down on cringe, which I endorse because that shit was cringy.

Cringe is dead...

[Milchshake]

Cringe is dead...

I wish! The only people that use "cringe" are aged-out hipsters writing for substack or Jacobin.

They cannot disappear fast enough. OR the people that copypasta their manifestos.

[Felya]

I wish! The only people that use "cringe" are aged-out hipsters writing for substack or Jacobin.

They cannot disappear fast enough. OR the people that copypasta their manifestos.

Yeah, I thought cringe was assassinated at the same time as Pepe was taken back... I only use it against Trump supporters and boomers, since parlor is a bit slow on getting the news.

[Ihavewaffles]

It's also not kidnapping when the police take you to jail for stealing.

Uhm, yes it is. Just because society agrees they should be allowed to, doesn't change what they do.

[AeneasBK]

I wish! The only people that use "cringe" are aged-out hipsters writing for substack or Jacobin.

They cannot disappear fast enough. OR the people that copypasta their manifestos.

Just so I stay up to date; what is the current term for that sinking disappointment you feel when something creative is just awful....?

[Felya]

Just so I stay up to date; what is the current term for that sinking disappointment you feel when something creative is just awful....?

Flat Earth theory...

Edit: I take that back... Electric Universe Theory is far more creative and far more disappointing at the same time. Such brilliant minds with one bias that completely ruins their lives. I can only imagine the contributions these people could have had to science, if not for that one bias.