Increased Harassment towards members of Dev Team
https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/1657017752811450372
Forum Discussion
Surprised to see this posted now. Even at its worst the EA Answers community is kittens and puppies compared to the darker corners of Twitter and Reddit (when filtered by new). Things seem far better now than a year ago
Consider:
- Dev's home addresses have been posted to Twitter.
- Someone was fabricating 'evidence' that one of the Reddit mods was a pedophile.
- Because the main 2042 subreddit was too 'tame' for some people a new hate focused subreddit was created. R/battlefieldboomers. I think Pappa Reddit had to step in on that sub, initially it was pretty unhinged. Human trash posting up the most hateful things they could imagine.
- During the Fawsi Mesmer news cycle all the racists came out on Reddit. 2042 was bad because brown people.
All of that over a toy. A toy that costs less than a tank of gas.
I think this DICE response is completely justified based on what I've seen.
@AngrySquid270 wrote:Surprised to see this posted now. Even at its worst the EA Answers community is kittens and puppies compared to the darker corners of Twitter and Reddit (when filtered by new). Things seem far better now than a year ago
Consider:
- Dev's home addresses have been posted to Twitter.
- Someone was fabricating 'evidence' that one of the Reddit mods was a pedophile.
- Because the main 2042 subreddit was too 'tame' for some people a new hate focused subreddit was created. R/battlefieldboomers. I think Pappa Reddit had to step in on that sub, initially it was pretty unhinged. Human trash posting up the most hateful things they could imagine.
- During the Fawsi Mesmer news cycle all the racists came out on Reddit. 2042 was bad because brown people.
All of that over a toy. A toy that costs less than a tank of gas.
I think this DICE response is completely justified based on what I've seen.
if that stuff was outside of game they have no grounds for any enforcement in game. is the conduct disgusting? yes. do they have the *right* to ban someone in game over something done on twitter or reddit? *NO*
there are other legal channels to go through for doxing, fabricating evidence etc. allowing a game company to kick people for stuff done outside of game will lead to people being banned for other reasons like "wrongthink" such as voting for joe biden or donald trump (depending on the perspective of the person with the ban button)
they put this in the EUA:
- Harass, threaten, bully, embarrass, spam or do anything else to another player or any EA employee or representative that is unwanted, such as repeatedly sending unwanted messages or making personal attacks or statements about race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Hate speech is not tolerated. We won't tolerate any unwanted conduct against any EA employee and representative because of their affiliation with EA in EA Services or anywhere else.
i do not agree to these terms. i do not haraass anyone but i'm not going to be judged on what i do off platform. have fun, i'm done with EA permanently. they go in the bin with patreon and paypal for claiming the right to tie my ability to use a product to something not related to that product
@Prof3ss0r_M1k3 I suspect there's probably some vague statements in the EULA for EA/DICE to do whatever they please regarding player access.
DICE could flip the switch and turn off all of the 2042 servers tomorrow without reason. While we may have the expectation to access, I don't think the EULA entitles it.
