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Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
- LegitShady 3y agostep 1 of crisis management - become the victim
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoWhile yes, frequently this is true, there are a lot of unhinged people that will make death/bomb threats against people/organizations they have beef with. Most of the time, these threats are completely meaningless with no intent of follow-through. But can you take that chance?
- Nullabillity 3y agoThere are a lot of rich people that believe they have impunity to screw over whoever they want to with no repercussions. Solve that, and the rest of the problem goes away.
- olliej 3y agoAnd obviously the employees and engineers working on unity made the choice about these policies, right?
- prepend 3y ago> While yes, frequently this is true, there are a lot of unhinged people that will make death/bomb threats against people/organizations they have beef with. This is why crisis management firms recommend step one so frequently. It works.
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]
- throwaway5959 3y agoThey allege that there were bomb threats.
- pipeline_peak 3y agostep 1 of running a business - keep your employees safe
- Kerb_ 3y agoIf that were true we wouldn't have needed to make OSHA
- pipeline_peak 3y agoI didn’t say everyone follows step 1
- olliej 3y agoAre you saying that they made up the calls? Or that they made the calls themselves?
- prepend 3y agoIt’s really impossible to know unless the cops arrest the people who made the threats and get a conviction. 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.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoNah, it happens often enough that you don't want to take that chance. Even Unity doesn't want to take that risk, if only for the reason if being sued by victims because they didn't follow due diligence. UPDATE: https://www.polygon.com/23873727/unity-credible-death-threat-offices-closed-pricing-change 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.
- otachack 3y agoCrazy shit happened in the past for less substantial reasoning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack
- omoikane 3y agoSee also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37512512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37512512 - Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats (theverge.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510958 - Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat (bloomberg.com)
- m0llusk 3y agoGamers can be a really audience scary sometimes. Several developers I know have been doxxed because of delayed releases or dumped features.
- LegitShady 3y ago"gamers" aren't really a unified group any more than "movie watchers" are. Its useful for marketing to pretend so, but the only thing they share is they sometimes play video games.
- c-hendricks 3y agoNah, capital-g Gamers are a different breed than people who play video games.
- LegitShady 3y agocapital g gamers is just a marketing term to try to convince people to buy RGB bling and overpriced accessories. Again, the only thing they all share in common is that they play games, which are entirely mainstream at this point.
- c-hendricks 3y agoDefinitely don't agree. There's a difference in people who need support groups to tell them if a game is "too woke" for them / send death threats and people who have RGB.
- LegitShady 3y agoIt sounds like you've made up your own definition for something you already disliked and just call it gamers. Anyone reading resetera will know you don't have to be a right wing troll to be toxic.
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- ChrisArchitect 3y ago[dupe]