Good. Lawyers for companies are too quick to demand that you get rid of things that might make anyone slightly upset, and it ruins online places. It’s why NSFW games went away, and why everything needs a thousand warnings. It’s why companies are so happy to add age verification, because it "CYA"s them.
Good on Gabe there. That’s your job, to protect the company if they get sued, not make content decisions
Least likely to get Valve sued lose Valve money in a lawsuit*
Frivolous lawsuits happen all the time. You’re never going to avoid all of them, and shouldn’t be trying to. The lawyer’s job is to make sure that all their ducks are in a row for WHEN they get sued so that the judge can review all the information and throw the lawsuit out.
No. Their job is to find the legal gray area to operate in so that if they get sued they’re not instantly guaranteed to lose. Do you think Meta hires lawyers who tell them “maybe don’t spy on people” instead of lawyers who will fight all the fines EU throws at their way? Companies don’t hire lawyers just so they could say something can’t be done, they’re hired to find a way to get it done or find an irrefutable point why it can’t be done. The fact that Valve did go ahead with the hands-off approach shows that the lawyer didn’t do their job properly when they presented their opinion.
Have you seen what Steam’s forums look like? They NEED better moderation. They need to put an end to all the racism and other hateful shit on there. It’s a fucking disaster.
I personally encourage you to learn more about which you speak before forming such passionate stances. There’s merit to what you say, but it’s not relevant to the context of the discussion you responded to.
That ain’t what the topic is about. Though for your topic specifically, Valve did remove gaining points from community awards. This was in direct response to people posting intentionally controversial stuff in order to farm clown/saucy awards.
A big part of legally protecting a company is being proactive about things that will get you sued. The lawyers were correctly operating in our bad criminal Justice system.
Good. Lawyers for companies are too quick to demand that you get rid of things that might make anyone slightly upset, and it ruins online places. It’s why NSFW games went away, and why everything needs a thousand warnings. It’s why companies are so happy to add age verification, because it "CYA"s them.
Good on Gabe there. That’s your job, to protect the company if they get sued, not make content decisions
To be fair, their job is also to recommend the course of action least likely to get Valve sued.
Only if they ask for that advice, presumably
Least likely to
get Valve suedlose Valve money in a lawsuit*Frivolous lawsuits happen all the time. You’re never going to avoid all of them, and shouldn’t be trying to. The lawyer’s job is to make sure that all their ducks are in a row for WHEN they get sued so that the judge can review all the information and throw the lawsuit out.
Well said.
No. Their job is to find the legal gray area to operate in so that if they get sued they’re not instantly guaranteed to lose. Do you think Meta hires lawyers who tell them “maybe don’t spy on people” instead of lawyers who will fight all the fines EU throws at their way? Companies don’t hire lawyers just so they could say something can’t be done, they’re hired to find a way to get it done or find an irrefutable point why it can’t be done. The fact that Valve did go ahead with the hands-off approach shows that the lawyer didn’t do their job properly when they presented their opinion.
Have you seen what Steam’s forums look like? They NEED better moderation. They need to put an end to all the racism and other hateful shit on there. It’s a fucking disaster.
Article is talking about what games they have on the platform. Separate moderation issues.
that is different kind of moderation
I personally encourage you to learn more about which you speak before forming such passionate stances. There’s merit to what you say, but it’s not relevant to the context of the discussion you responded to.
Steam provides publishers/developers tools to moderate their forums.
That ain’t what the topic is about. Though for your topic specifically, Valve did remove gaining points from community awards. This was in direct response to people posting intentionally controversial stuff in order to farm clown/saucy awards.
A big part of legally protecting a company is being proactive about things that will get you sued. The lawyers were correctly operating in our bad criminal Justice system.
Dont be too hard on this lawyer, though, as his advice has saved Valve big time in the past.
(If you’re not familiar, there is a small amount of info about it in the article.)