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this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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I'm not sure that's true. Yes people who care are aware, but I'd argue there are many who don't now and aren't aware. I for example didn't know the impact was measurable in performance. My gullet has been open a few times while gaming online and the regret kicked in not long after, but using my mic has been so rare, I wouldn't have been able to tie the shitty responses to decreased performance.
It wouldn't surprise me if the "gamer girls suck because they're women" crowd joining the challenge figured out that they were part of the performance problem. That is if they had the ability to self-reflect, which probably the minority has.
Oh, in that regard, yes, I agree. At the very base level, assholes will be assholes and those people can only be forced or kicked out
Yeah, i could be wrong about the level of awareness, i am a datapoint of one.
The performance part is interesting, but almost irrelevant imo. If the results had been that abusing your teammates improves their performance, it would still be wrong to do it.
I worry the people causing this problem are more likely to take the "abuse == tilt" information and use it to justify their behaviour :(.
A valid concern 😅