Following other Subreddits, the #SteamDeck subreddit has decided to ban direct links to Twitter/X following a speech made by Elon Musk, where he made a controversial gesture: steamdeckhq.com/steam-deck-s... - ThreadSky

steamdeckhq.com • 35 days ago

Following other Subreddits, the #SteamDeck subreddit has decided to ban direct links to Twitter/X following a speech made by Elon Musk, where he made a controversial gesture:

https://steamdeckhq.com/steam-deck-subreddit-banned-links-twitter-x/

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organicm3chanic.bsky.social•35 days ago

The controversial gesture in question:

therayugnat.bsky.social•35 days ago

Is "controversial gesture" your official stance on the matter ?

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

We try our best to not lean one way or the other in our reporting so we can remain unbiased and neutral, but I can say that personally, as a Jew, I know exactly what that gesture looked like.

therayugnat.bsky.social•35 days ago

Saying nothing toward Nazism isn't neutral from a political stand point. It's is really NOT.

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

As a video game press outlet, politics are not part of what we do, so discussing things like this is hard as we try to remain neutral.

We unequivocally condemn Nazism in any form, and if that's what this turns out to be without any doubts, you will see a more direct response from us.

danav26.bsky.social•35 days ago

Less doubt than making the nazi salute and all the nazi bullshit that he did before this point?

therayugnat.bsky.social•35 days ago

And that's political !

The quest to remain neutral only brings the worst. If video games press weren't "neutral", we wouldn't have the worst community in any art form (harassment, racism and misogynistic).

It's really important to understand the political implication of "neutral" behavior.

flopwaffle.bsky.social•35 days ago

"if that's what this turns out to be without any doubts"

bro, that's what it is, without any doubts, that's what it has been for the past like 2 years

therayugnat.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yeah... that's really depressing reading thing like that...

theaggressivehippy.bsky.social•35 days ago

I totally respect your decision and you standing up like this.

danav26.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not standing up*

clausewitzlacan.bsky.social•34 days ago

Brilliant thank you 🙌

beafbulgogi.bsky.social•34 days ago

Great stuff. At least Valve is making innovative technology and lowkey making all the other companies shit their pants!

jefftroidvania.com•35 days ago

Controversial gesture is certainly a way to word it

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

Trying our best to not lean one way or the other in our reporting, but I can say that personally, as a Jew, I know exactly what that gesture looked like.

organicm3chanic.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's not leaning one way or another to just tell the truth.

woessner.us•35 days ago

I understand what you mean, times are scary and I was like that too but eventually we have to trust our eyes and just say what it is.

He did a nazi salute in front of the presidential seal

jefftroidvania.com•35 days ago

That’s gotta be tough to be neutral in phrasing when it comes to stuff like that. I completely understand it

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

It's part of unbiased journalism, and we try our best to stay that way. Thank you for understanding, it really means a lot.

danav26.bsky.social•35 days ago

The alt right have already won if they convinced people that telling the truth is having a bias

samvgm.bsky.social•35 days ago

Saying it's a nazi salute it's completely neutral. It's a fact.

greenalex.bsky.social•35 days ago

I agree. There is a point where attempting to be neutral just gives way to hate.

No hate towards DeckHQ, just speaking to the broader point.

raphz.dev•34 days ago

disregarding nazi behaviour is not unbiased journalism. It's exactly how America ended up where they are now(and where the world will follow tbf)

gamingonlinux.com•34 days ago

You should join us in leaving X.

luckybagpipe.bsky.social•35 days ago

Controversial? Call it what it was: nazi salute.

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

We are trying our best not to lean one way or the other in our reporting, but I can say that personally, as a Jew, I know exactly what that gesture looked like.

nikeyg.bsky.social•34 days ago

Excellent news

thepenguinsays.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m amazed that this is what it took. It’s not like he was quiet about his Nazi support. He funded the AFD in Germany for fucks sake

mancer13181.bsky.social•35 days ago

Hoping you'll be able to move away from X in the near future as well ❤️‍🩹

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

As of right now, we get more engagement on Bluesky than Twitter/X for a majority of our posts. Due to this, our focus is primarily here.

guwuzmania.bsky.social•35 days ago

"controversial gesture"? Really? Are you serious? Everyone in the replies is telling you how shit it is to phrase it that way, and yet you're deluding them and yourselves but justifying it as being "neutral". Your sugarcoating muddies your statement. State the truth for what it is.

steamdeckhq.com•35 days ago

In the end, we are a video game press outlet and we want to stick to focusing on video games. We are trying our best not to lean one way or the other in our reporting so we remain unbiased, but I can say that personally, as a Jew, I know exactly what that gesture looked like.

the-theory.bsky.social•35 days ago

Dude I get it you cover video games so it’s safe to stay away from calling water wet. As someone without a video game outlet, he’s a nazi. There I said it for ya.

supinnah.bsky.social•35 days ago

Hell yeah

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