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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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I know people can be absurdly toxic in general, but does it seem like games are an unusually concentrated place for that? If that is the case, why is that?
I don't think it's games that is the issue. You see this in various other places as well.
Maybe it's just me then. I know it happens elsewhere, but it just seems to happen more often in games. I feel like I'm reading stories all the time about developers getting threatened, but I feel like it's much more rare to see for instance stories about filmmakers or authors being threatened.
That's what I found as well. Some gamers seem to be overly emotional over little things, and are defensive with their favourite games.