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Did PewDiePie Just Crack the Code for How to Present Libre Software? (blenderdumbass.org)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You could accuse that "he inspired the Christchurch shooter," but c'mon just being mentioned by a bad guy isn't in and of itself a bad thing.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    If you can't see how he hosting Shapiro and Musk, using right wing memes and rethoric, endorsing a fascist author, and allowing Nazis and other right-wingers to fester in his community is directly related with why that POS shooter mentioned him, that is precisely the problem.

    That's a common excuse used to defend the guy over and over again like it is just some isolated incident and not connected to the content he produces and the community he fosters.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    allowing Nazis and other right-wingers to fester in his community

    Would you mind elaborating on that? Is it that these people are in his YouTube comments, maybe on a subreddit? I never followed this guy, I've only seen probably less than 5 videos he's made (likely only 2), one of which was this open source video.

    Originally I avoided the guy because he was just a "loud is funny" let's player, then I heard he said the N word, and i had heard people trying to get him to be the #1 YouTube channel over some music conglomerate.

    In any case, while you can do things to attract certain people, I'm not sure how much control you have over your community, which is why I'm asking.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Sure thing. These people were both on his YouTube comments and on his subreddit. Tho I remember it being worse at the subreddit.

    The issue is not that Nazis will watch his content, that's outside of anyone's control, but that his content funnels people into right-wing ideologies, which attracts these types of people.

    The video "The PewDiePipeline" that I linked talks about this better than I could.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I didn't say that. I said you did not push the accusation. Instead you weaseled out by saying he was "mentioned."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes because in this case it's relevant. You are right that being mentioned by a bad person is not necessarily proof of anything. But like I said, in this case it is connected to the content and community that PewDiePie has.

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