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bryanlarsen 7y ago
From the Verge review I get the impression you only see stuff your friends have placed. They're playing around with ideas on how to let other content in but are well aware of the dong & swastika problem.
- Jarmsy 7y ago
  Slack on the other hand embraced that problem so much they made their logo a combination of the 2
  - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
    I don't see the dong... but I'm too afraid to google "Slack dong".
    - vidarh 7y ago
      Four of them. One in each color.
      - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
        <Picard> There...are... four... dongs! </Picard> Thank you, now I'll never unsee it.
  - apocalyptic0n3 7y ago
    I will never be able to look at their new logo the same way again. Thank you for that.
- daveslash 7y ago
  "the dong & swastika problem" -- not the future I had envisioned as a kid (where's my flying car?). Jokes aside, glad to see a company being proactive, rather than reactive, to the "dong & swastika problem". Hopefully that becomes more of a trend.
- mattigames 7y ago
  That solution leaves out kids without friends; I understand why they do it but it may be a price too high to pay.
  - SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
    Why is it everything has to be padded and safe and inclusive for everyone all the time now? Do you people not remember your own childhoods?
    - jacobsenscott 7y ago
      Yeah - it was only padded, safe, and inclusive for people like me. Those where the days.
    - shearskill 7y ago
      Ask Notch, he doesn’t favor being inclusive at all anymore.
  - bryanlarsen 7y ago
    Both Pokemon Go and Minecraft are lots of fun single-player even though they are primarily thought of as multi-player games. I suspect the collect-build-place mechanic of Minecraft Earth will also be fun single player.
  - iscrewyou 7y ago
    You’ve never played a game online where you joined a lobby and none of the people playing were your friends? They probably mean a friends list. Restricting it to your actually friends is a good way to choke the game growth.
matwood 7y ago
> Just imagine a middle school desk in a low income area. Why just low income? All kids at some point find low brow humor funny. Some grow out of it.
- red75prime 7y ago
  I suppose it's more about the broken windows theory, than kids from low income areas.

From the Verge review I get the impression you only see stuff your friends have placed. They're playing around with ideas on how to let other content in but are well aware of the dong & swastika problem.

Jarmsy 7y ago
Slack on the other hand embraced that problem so much they made their logo a combination of the 2
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  I don't see the dong... but I'm too afraid to google "Slack dong".
  - vidarh 7y ago
    Four of them. One in each color.
    - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
      <Picard> There...are... four... dongs! </Picard> Thank you, now I'll never unsee it.
- apocalyptic0n3 7y ago
  I will never be able to look at their new logo the same way again. Thank you for that.
daveslash 7y ago
"the dong & swastika problem" -- not the future I had envisioned as a kid (where's my flying car?). Jokes aside, glad to see a company being proactive, rather than reactive, to the "dong & swastika problem". Hopefully that becomes more of a trend.
mattigames 7y ago
That solution leaves out kids without friends; I understand why they do it but it may be a price too high to pay.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
  Why is it everything has to be padded and safe and inclusive for everyone all the time now? Do you people not remember your own childhoods?
  - jacobsenscott 7y ago
    Yeah - it was only padded, safe, and inclusive for people like me. Those where the days.
  - shearskill 7y ago
    Ask Notch, he doesn’t favor being inclusive at all anymore.
- bryanlarsen 7y ago
  Both Pokemon Go and Minecraft are lots of fun single-player even though they are primarily thought of as multi-player games. I suspect the collect-build-place mechanic of Minecraft Earth will also be fun single player.
- iscrewyou 7y ago
  You’ve never played a game online where you joined a lobby and none of the people playing were your friends? They probably mean a friends list. Restricting it to your actually friends is a good way to choke the game growth.

matwood 7y ago

> Just imagine a middle school desk in a low income area. Why just low income? All kids at some point find low brow humor funny. Some grow out of it.

red75prime 7y ago
I suppose it's more about the broken windows theory, than kids from low income areas.