The Popularity of Being Irrational

[Breakbeat]

My dear god, what in the world is going on?

SE: We want to reiterate our policy that's been the same for many years.
People: The sky is falling.
Also SE: Yeah and this one guy had the audacity to stream himself using 3rd party tools. We will ban him, because, duh.
Also People: THE SKY IS FALLING ZOMG WHAT WILL I DO?

...I dunno, maybe take a breath and realize nothing at all - nothing, not an iota - has changed? Just maybe?

Like, seriously, all of this fear and rhetoric is made-up nonsense. Y'all make up fake nonsense, then get riled up over it. +1 for the "raised by the Internet" generation, I guess? People that grew up with logic and reality surrounding them likely aren't reacting like this.

And if you're a streamer, and you're now freaking out because you can't do your chosen profession anymore for fear of being banned - I have no sympathy for you folks. You folks knew from day one that using 3rd party tools was against ToS and that the only people that were truly safe were those that didn't broadcast the fact that they were violating TOS.

It's like saying "I've been driving this same route to and from work for ten years, always doing a sneaky 75 in the 65 zone, and NOW I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND because they put up traffic cameras on that stretch that could ticket me when I speed."

No sympathy for irrational sorrows.

[Coletergeist]

I'm just....going to straight up think that there's going to just be more of these threads popping up when not needed. Can it not all be contained in one thread? Jesus.

[Renalt]

I'm just....going to straight up think that there's going to just be more of these threads popping up when not needed. Can it not all be contained in one thread? Jesus.

Yeah just one pinned "3rd party tools debate" thread would be enough.

[Kes13a]

Yeah just one pinned "3rd party tools debate" thread would be enough.

wouldnt work, people need to feel special by posting their very own " just dont do it" threads.

while I dont disagree with teh sentiment, we hardly need several new threads a day about it by people that didnt post LAST week

[SaberMaxwell]

Well the virtue signal is working at least, he's already at six likes. You go champ!

[weebtext]

Don't care, didn't read.

[LisSquid]

I like posts on webbed site.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Yeah just one pinned "3rd party tools debate" thread would be enough.

I admire your optimism.

[LittleImp]

I don't think it's that irrational to recognize that there's been a clear shift in their approach to enforcement, even if their written policy hasn't changed.

I think a lot of people are just frustrated/fed-up with SE constantly picking relatively harmless targets to make an example out of (RP PFs, UI modders etc), but completely failing to address some of the genuinely harmful issues that plague the game (Player driven botting, prolonged stalking/harassment).

[Renalt]

I admire your optimism.

I'm not really known for being optimistic. I'm failing myself for being optimistic.