Seems reasonable that they don't want to allow players to push their politics using the official Blizzard streams. They are free to do so in their spare time.
What do you think Blizzard would do if some guy wore a MAGA hat in an official stream?
What do you think Blizzard would do if some guy wore a MAGA hat in an official stream?
They will also have to deal with the consequences of that decision, a lot of people are cancelling their subscriptions and deleting their blizzard accounts.
This will probably not impact them much, but hopefully there will get big enough that it does.
That's not the case. And further, pretending that oppression and fascism and ethnic cleansing is the same as fighting against those things, because oppressing and murdering people is just another "politics" and not something special, is by itself pro-fascist and evil stance.
Don't say things like that on HN. They don't like it...
Not really: there are politics I agree with and politics I disagree with. That doesn't mean that I believe Blizzard should give a loudspeaker to those who agree with me. I think that's stupid because it could turn against me at some point. Some people seem not to think ahead.
But that doesn’t make it the right decision, morally. Sometimes rules should be broken.
Have they ever enforced this rule in the past? If not, it's difficult to speak of consistency.
If it’s only happened once and they’ve punished it once, I think that’s as consistent as possible.
Although of course there’s a lot wriggle room re definition of “offensive”, which muddies the waters.
Unlike China.
Go to China and openly criticize the government, hand out fliers about Tienanmen square with Winnie the Pooh on it and see what happens.
God forbid you actually are a citizen of China, because as a foreigner you will be put in a detention center until deported. As a citizen you will disappear.
Think of all the lives your organs will save!