Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
arstechnica.com
arstechnica.com
Some small fraction of all of these weirdos would be willing to call in a death threat or actually follow through.
So it turns out the threat came from...a unity employee. Not 'Gamers'.
Do you understand how ridiculous all this gamers talk was?
I don't really care about the wide generalizations, I didn't make them and it's not productive to dwell on them. It's the internet, report and ignore. But I really hate how some people were downplaying this and saying it was a conspiracy all because they are mad at a CEO. Can we both hate corporate greed AND death threats, please?
Edit: And I don't think it's only attractors, I think there's not enough detractors to toxic players.
Turns out the scary party was a unity employee, not 'Gamers'.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37512512 - Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats (theverge.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510958 - Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat (bloomberg.com)
Most of the time, these threats are completely meaningless with no intent of follow-through. But can you take that chance?
Solve that, and the rest of the problem goes away.
This is why crisis management firms recommend step one so frequently. It works.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack
I think it’s much more likely they the threats are overblown to benefit Unity from a PR perspective than that anyone is actually planning violence against Unity employees.
UPDATE: https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat...
> San Francisco police told Polygon that officers responded to Unity’s San Francisco office “regarding a threats incident.” A “reporting party” told police that “an employee made a threat towards his employer using social media.” The employee that made the threat works in an office outside of California, according to the police statement.
well there's your story. Even worse than I thought. Why would a Unity employee of all people do this instead of simply walking away from the job? No one's going to hail you as a hero for this.