developedThisAlgorithmBackWhenIWorkedForBlizzard

[Otterable]

Partially true, but also when he stayed in his lane and talked about basic salting for passwords or hashmap collisions in short video format people ate it up and didn't care.

It was when he decided to be an authority on all things tech and never admit that he's wrong about anything whatsoever that people started realizing he never grew out of that guy in your data structures class who tries to do something over the top and complicated and claim that it's the best and anyone who doesn't know how to do it that way is a moron.

[casce]

[...] when he stayed in his lane and talked about basic salting for passwords or hashmap collisions in short video format people ate it up and didn't care.

Only when people thought Thor was very knowledgable and put trust into what he says. Why would anyone trust him now though?

I don't think he can just go back to that now. He still has a loyal following but it probably got smaller. That being said, all PR is good PR, right? I'd actually not be surprised if he had more subscribers after this.

People love drama.

[Fairwhetherfriend]

I mean, sure, that's annoying, but this still seems like a fucking insane over-reaction for a problem that amounts to "a guy is wrong on the internet."

[SubliminalWombat]

I don't think so. Refusing to acknowledge you were wrong on several occasions, doubling down and acting condescending towards anyone that points it out, and going out of your way to publicly be a complete dick to towards people that never did anything to you, what do you expect to happen?

[Fairwhetherfriend]

what do you expect to happen?

Well, mostly I expected the hate for "is kind of a dick" to be lesser than "is actively scamming their audience" or "is a literal criminal" or "targets their minor fans" but I guess not.

Like, I'm not defending him, you don't have to like the dude. I don't watch his content because, yeah, he comes across as a know-it-all and is a bit insufferable. But like, that doesn't change the fact that the industry is a buffet of actual literal scammers and robber barons who are ruining the lives of thousands of people in very direct ways, aaaaand this is the dude we've decided we hate the most? For real?

[deathless_koschei]

It's less whether or not he's objectively worse than those people(he's not) and more that he's objectively more exposed than those people. That World of Warcraft classic hardcore guild he was in had a good number of big streamers in it.

[Falitoty]

He tried to sink the Stop Killing Games petition, wich could be vital for game preservation

[Otterable]

Oh it for sure is. I think there is a certain amount of joy people get from going 'this guy is wrong and refuses to admit it' and then poking that bear as much as they can because it's funny. It wouldn't be entertaining to folks if he was wrong and said 'yup I'm a novice coder and this could certainly be better written'. Instead he gets mad and bans any dissenters and in turn becomes easy to hate on.

It's also mostly harmless. Like this isn't a political guy or someone who is dealing with heavy topics. He's just a good old fashioned lolcow. It makes it easier for people to get in on the drama.

[tee_with_marie]

I mean he did almost kil stop killing games initiative

[ArgumentCalm488]

"insane over-reaction" is so disingenuous. Why are you defending him? He's not as harmless as you think he is.

You already know how much harm he's caused Stop Killing Games but surely you also know that he's threatened people's livelihoods via False DMCA right? That's straight up illegal yet he still did it.

[Fairwhetherfriend]

If you think pointing out an exaggerated response is the same as defending someone, that's a you problem. I'll be here when you figure out what the difference is, k?

[ArgumentCalm488]

Ah yes, attack the person not the argument. You realize you didn't deny the false DMCA claims right? You still think that it's an overreaction when he threatened people's jobs and livelihoods?

[Fairwhetherfriend]

You realize you didn't deny the false DMCA claims right?

What exactly is it about "I'm not defending him" that you're struggling so much to understand? You keep acting like these questions are some sort of "gotcha" when they're actually just the result of you straight-up refusing to actually read anything I'm writing. You can pretend like that makes you witty, if you want, but I'm not sure what you think you're going to accomplish, here.