db0Oct 2, 2024

Godot staff are facing a huge reactionary backlash on Xitter for being "woke"

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28875558

Godot staff are facing a huge reactionary backlash on Xitter for being "woke" - Divisions by zero

It all started with the unofficial godot discord admin [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28755832] dealing with some chuds and people turning their ire towards the Godot Foundation staff instead. Since Godot has stubbornly remained on the Xitter nazi bar as a valid space for PR and social media interaction and dared to promote the Wokot hashtag [https://x.com/godotengine/status/1839656658932306395] and reiterate their progessiveness, the reactionaries infesting that space are now piling on their socials and harassing everyone they can get their eyes on [https://x.com/hashtag/Godot]. Examples * https://x.com/LifeArtStudios/status/1840230152254509067 [https://x.com/LifeArtStudios/status/1840230152254509067] * https://x.com/Grummz/status/1840162056928145740 [https://x.com/Grummz/status/1840162056928145740] * https://x.com/madewithgodot/status/1841118786964840618 [https://x.com/madewithgodot/status/1841118786964840618] Anyway, solidarity with the targets of harassment. I hope they finally realize that Xitter is a lost cause. Update: Godot is being review-bombed [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/7bef8699-c4ae-4e91-add7-9dcc3641828a.webp] Fortunately the reactionary backlash seems to be having the opposite effect [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/f77934b3-5be5-4543-a19a-c50483477db8.webp]

Show threadHyperlinkYourHeartOct 2, 2024

Nice to see some figures on the change in support levels. I was donating €5 a month and I’ve bumped it up to €50 for the next few months.

I get the impression that a lot of the people complaining on twitter are not even gamedevs and don’t know what Godot is, it’s just the reactionary pile-on du jour.

Show threadmoormaanOct 3, 2024

This is evident in a few ways:

  • How they subtly or glaringly misunderstand what it is and what it does
  • How they call it "a company"
  • How they pronounce it as GO-DOT
Show threadovercast5348Oct 3, 2024
I’m new here, and I’ve been calling it “go-dot”. What’s the correct pronunciation?
Show threadclarkvtatum
@overcast5348 @moormaan The correct pronounciation is "Guh-Doh" or "Go-Doh". Honestly, a lot of people pronounce it Go-dot, so it isn't a big deal. But it is based of the play "Waiting for Godot" where they usually pronounce it like I have mentioned.
Oct 3, 2024 at 5:17amWeb
Show threadmoormaanOct 3, 2024
Agreed, no big deal. But YouTubers who knew about it before this controversy will typically use the intended pronouncing, and it’s easy to spot those who didn’t care much about it until this all started.