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> Without retreading old ground too much, the backlash was so severe – from alleged threats to big names announcing intent to jump ship – that last week Unity r
by cmcaleer 3y ago
> Without retreading old ground too much, the backlash was so severe – from alleged threats to big names announcing intent to jump ship – that last week Unity rolled back much of the new policy.
This sentence is bad.
There was one credible death threat (singular), and it came from an employee within the company, so the phrasing 'from x to y' is a weird way to connect strife from one employee to the actions of several companies. There were threats (plural) when you include those from companies to move engines such as MegaCrit, but come on, there was a link to the story about the death threat.
It's poor phrasing that will make people think there were multiple threats, which Unity themselves have never said, yet many stories about this do while quoting the Unity source that uses the singular. Richard Currie could have prevented furthering the game of telephone going regarding the quantity of death threats by simply checking the article he linked.
This will come off like a minor nitpick but these types of not-quite-full-errors can and do lead to the story getting distorted years down the road.
- burnished 3y agoThis doesn't strike me as a minor nitpick, it reads as a legitimate and serious criticism. I think superficially similar observations to yours get blown off because they frequently resort to speculation and conspiratorial thinking. I appreciate that you have pointed out the mistake clearly and why it is important.
- mvdtnz 3y ago> This will come off like a minor nitpick Because that's exactly what it is.
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