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I feel like what is ignored in these conversations is that the vast majority of users just play this game as an entertaining piece of art. ~1% of problem users
by pfisch 6y ago
I feel like what is ignored in these conversations is that the vast majority of users just play this game as an entertaining piece of art. ~1% of problem users get addicted to games, whether they are FarmVille or smash brothers.
That is just the way it is. It isn't right to squash the freedom of the vast majority of people because a small subset of users lack self control.
- ergocoder 6y agoIn other news, water is evil because someone drank too much water and died. These critics are unreal.
- prepend 6y agoMost people play the lotto to release stress. But there are quite a few who abuse it (or it abuses them). I think it depends on the net benefits. It’s odd to pose it as “squashing freedom” as I don’t think that anyone is proposing that FarmVille be banned or made illegal. I just think it’s a bad thing to make and not something to be proud of. “I made a thing that lots of people like, but pisses lots of people off, is responsible for needless deaths, and lots of people wasted money.”
- pfisch 6y agoI think you could contort logic to make any creation "bad" for some subset of people. Is any videogame a bad thing to make? What about movies that arguably can inspire mass shooters or other negative events to occur. Can the creators of smash brothers or dota not be proud either? Those games fuck some small subset of people up too. I played smash brothers for thousands of hours myself.