Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
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Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
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Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#2step 1 of crisis management - become the victim
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#3step 1 of crisis management - become the victim
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.
Most of the time, these threats are completely meaningless with no intent of follow-through. But can you take that chance?
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#4See also:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37512512 - Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats (theverge.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510958 - Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat (bloomberg.com)
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#5step 1 of crisis management - become the victim
step 1 of running a business - keep your employees safe
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#6Gamers can be a really audience scary sometimes. Several developers I know have been doxxed because of delayed releases or dumped features.
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#7Gamers can be a really audience scary sometimes. Several developers I know have been doxxed because of delayed releases or dumped features.
"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.
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#8step 1 of crisis management - become the victim
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. Most of the time, these threats are completely meaningless with no intent of follow-through. But can you take that chance?
There 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.
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#9Gamers can be a really audience scary sometimes. Several developers I know have been doxxed because of delayed releases or dumped features.
"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.
Nah, capital-g Gamers are a different breed than people who play video games.
Re: Unity shuts two offices because of credible threats
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
"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.
Nah, capital-g Gamers are a different breed than people who play video games.
capital 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.