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The solution is purely cultural. We should collectively think people who cheat online are losers. (Not being sarcastic.)
by raincole 8mo ago
The solution is purely cultural. We should collectively think people who cheat online are losers.
(Not being sarcastic.)
- piotrkaminski 8mo agoBy and large we do. Unfortunately, the losers don't care unless you identify them personally. For them, the thrill of cheating and griefing others easily overcomes some generalized cultural zeitgeist.
- jack_pp 8mo agoOr bad players might get owned by better ones, conclude the other guy was cheating and the only way to compete is for them to cheat as well. Sort of like nuclear weapons
- seanhunter 8mo agoThis has happened in online chess, with some people admitting to using engines (ie cheating) to "confirm their suspicion that the other guy is cheating".
- seanhunter 8mo agoRemember you're living in a world where people idolize Elon Musk, a person who employed someone to play path of exile and diabolo to boost his account (ie a cheater). Also a lot of people don't care (or claim not to care) whether people see them as losers as long as they wreck other folks day. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/01/20/elon-musk-finally-admits-to-path-of-exile-2-account-boosting-in-dms/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/01/20/elon-musk-...
- bigstrat2003 8mo agoI don't know a single person who doesn't think that the PoE thing was super cringe. To the extent that people idolize Elon, it's because they think his accomplishments outweigh him making a massive fool of himself in that instance.
- seanhunter 8mo agoThat's true. OK I was being unfair.
- beeflet 8mo agoThis is a noble lie, because it's really the non-cheaters who are losers. If the cheaters lost then there would be no problem.