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0 pointsmercy_dude4y ago0 comments

Or May be the whole woke uprising thing was to drive the market cap down so Microsoft could get a better deal. As usual the media doing the bidding for the big tech.

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maweki4y ago

Dismay over Kotick actively hiding sexual abuse and protecting the abusers is a "woke uprising"? That's a shitty take.

mercy_dudeOP4y ago

Yeah and surely the timing of this whole campaign has nothing to do with it. That’s exactly what a “woke uprisings” is. Conveniently exploiting victims to fit your own benefits be it political or economic. Last 2yrs have seen plenty of that.

elzbardico4y ago

So far, only allegations. Outside the US, in the civilized world, we expect people to be found guilty in a court of law under the due criminal process.

keewee74y ago

I'm not American but on this side of the pond we expect more proof than twitter allegations before firing people.

Hopefully woke culture will take more of a toll on US tech and we will see more US companies opening up in Europe. The US tech centralization is bad for the world (and US consumers).

maweki4y ago

There's more to it than twitter allegations, you know. Real people have been hurt.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kot...

mercy_dudeOP4y ago

I am not saying real people weren’t hurt. But some of these allegations are years old. You don’t think those same insiders who were pushing those stories in news media could buy the lows and now riding the spike in the stock price?

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JaimeThompson4y ago

Are CEOs who make 100+ million USD per year responsible for the behavior of those under them? What about when they are informed of such behavior and do nothing?

Sometimes it seems we hold those working the drive-thru window at a fast food place to a higher standard than major CEOs.

raxxorrax4y ago

I don't like sanctimonious woke policies like we get from Microsoft, but these allegation seemed to be corroborated by multiple people.

Don't think Microsoft is any better than Activision, although most software developers aren't really famous for being outgoing womanizers.

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maweki4y ago

Dismay over Kotick actively hiding sexual abuse and protecting the abusers is a "woke uprising"? That's a shitty take.

mercy_dudeOP4y ago

elzbardico4y ago

So far, only allegations. Outside the US, in the civilized world, we expect people to be found guilty in a court of law under the due criminal process.

keewee74y ago

I'm not American but on this side of the pond we expect more proof than twitter allegations before firing people.

Hopefully woke culture will take more of a toll on US tech and we will see more US companies opening up in Europe. The US tech centralization is bad for the world (and US consumers).

maweki4y ago

There's more to it than twitter allegations, you know. Real people have been hurt.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kot...

mercy_dudeOP4y ago

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JaimeThompson4y ago

Are CEOs who make 100+ million USD per year responsible for the behavior of those under them? What about when they are informed of such behavior and do nothing?

Sometimes it seems we hold those working the drive-thru window at a fast food place to a higher standard than major CEOs.

raxxorrax4y ago

I don't like sanctimonious woke policies like we get from Microsoft, but these allegation seemed to be corroborated by multiple people.

Don't think Microsoft is any better than Activision, although most software developers aren't really famous for being outgoing womanizers.

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