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praptak 6y ago
There was an article on HN about Disney internet apps. Disney management consider "safe for children" to be a critical part of their brand. Their stance was very clear: no communication between users under any circumstances, ever.
- johannes1234321 6y ago
  Could Disney take over Facebook? Might be good for the world /s
  - mcintyre1994 6y ago
    They actually thought about buying Twitter: https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-abandons-twitter-deal-over-abuse-problem-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-abandons...
    - johannes1234321 6y ago
      While they wouldn't have used the Disney brand for that ;)
      - ghaff 6y ago
        That was sort of the idea of their old Touchstone Pictures brand. It let them do movies that weren't on brand for Disney.
        dave5104 6y ago
        Miramax Films, too. Except that was via Disney acquisition in 1993 and not homegrown like Touchstone was. It's always fun to say that technically Pulp Fiction (released 1994, post-acquisition) is a "Disney" film.
  - deleted 6y ago
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- severine 6y ago
  Probably this: http://habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-untold-history-of-toontowns-speedchat-or-blockchattm-from-disney-finally-arrives/ http://habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-untold-history-of-t... On HN last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20624074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20624074 A very good read!
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  Probably wise. I've seen online interactions in some games be limited to ready-made callouts or phrases you can assemble from pre-made words / sentences (like From Software games). Of course, points for creativity if they can still make lewd comments like "time for thrust attacks but whole" near a corpse bent over a banister.
  - viridian 6y ago
    Minor quibble, but I think it's "hole" not "whole", so it's even closer. As in "Watch out for " "hole" "!". The funny thing is that the game has incredibly sensitive username filter as well. I've fought countless players with names like "The #### K###ht" instead of "The ugly knight".
- lanius 6y ago
  Nintendo is similar. Communicating with other players online is nearly impossible, even if you're friends.
  - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
    I can't quite recollect how, but on WiiU you could video chat with friends Doesn't Switch have ingame audio-chat at all?
    - Tyr42 6y ago
      Separate phone app.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    I assume this is why PictoChat never came back :(
    - fl0wenol 6y ago
      It did, as Swapnote on the 3ds. And originally you could send Swapnotes over the internet to your friends. But then it was common to exchange friend codes on message boards with lewds being traded (especially of the apps' mascot, Nikki) so Nintendo axed her and the ability to use anything but local note exchange in response. Ugh.
- ryukafalz 6y ago
  I wonder how this policy has changed over the years. Disney used to have a virtual world called VMK that did allow for communication between users. This being Disney, there was a (highly restrictive) whitelist of words that could be used; this being the internet, users found lots of clever word combinations to evade the filters.

There was an article on HN about Disney internet apps. Disney management consider "safe for children" to be a critical part of their brand. Their stance was very clear: no communication between users under any circumstances, ever.

johannes1234321 6y ago
Could Disney take over Facebook? Might be good for the world /s
- mcintyre1994 6y ago
  They actually thought about buying Twitter: https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-abandons-twitter-deal-over-abuse-problem-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-abandons...
  - johannes1234321 6y ago
    While they wouldn't have used the Disney brand for that ;)
    - ghaff 6y ago
      That was sort of the idea of their old Touchstone Pictures brand. It let them do movies that weren't on brand for Disney.
      - dave5104 6y ago
        Miramax Films, too. Except that was via Disney acquisition in 1993 and not homegrown like Touchstone was. It's always fun to say that technically Pulp Fiction (released 1994, post-acquisition) is a "Disney" film.
- deleted 6y ago
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severine 6y ago
Probably this: http://habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-untold-history-of-toontowns-speedchat-or-blockchattm-from-disney-finally-arrives/ http://habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-untold-history-of-t... On HN last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20624074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20624074 A very good read!
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Probably wise. I've seen online interactions in some games be limited to ready-made callouts or phrases you can assemble from pre-made words / sentences (like From Software games). Of course, points for creativity if they can still make lewd comments like "time for thrust attacks but whole" near a corpse bent over a banister.
- viridian 6y ago
  Minor quibble, but I think it's "hole" not "whole", so it's even closer. As in "Watch out for " "hole" "!". The funny thing is that the game has incredibly sensitive username filter as well. I've fought countless players with names like "The #### K###ht" instead of "The ugly knight".
lanius 6y ago
Nintendo is similar. Communicating with other players online is nearly impossible, even if you're friends.
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  I can't quite recollect how, but on WiiU you could video chat with friends Doesn't Switch have ingame audio-chat at all?
  - Tyr42 6y ago
    Separate phone app.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  I assume this is why PictoChat never came back :(
  - fl0wenol 6y ago
    It did, as Swapnote on the 3ds. And originally you could send Swapnotes over the internet to your friends. But then it was common to exchange friend codes on message boards with lewds being traded (especially of the apps' mascot, Nikki) so Nintendo axed her and the ability to use anything but local note exchange in response. Ugh.
ryukafalz 6y ago
I wonder how this policy has changed over the years. Disney used to have a virtual world called VMK that did allow for communication between users. This being Disney, there was a (highly restrictive) whitelist of words that could be used; this being the internet, users found lots of clever word combinations to evade the filters.