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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH guy (you know who I'm talking about) has been busy making fake accounts for votes.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd figured it was that disconnected dev who threw a hissy fit on the general public... or Todd

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't Bethesda individually responding to/disputing negative Steam reviews? Obviously someone's got a lot of time on their hands over there, wouldn't put it past them to spend a bunch of time manipulating this vote too.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

They sure were and I considered that as part of the Todd guess. Whether entirely fake accounts or paid employees, it's still just desperate vote manipulation by crybabies.

[–] axo10tl@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

The responses read like they were generated with a large language model. Not that training such a model wouldn't take a bunch of time, but at least then the effort would approach zero over time.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I do not know who you are talking about.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There was a guy in the audience of some conference or award show (I think E3 2019 but not sure) who went absolutely fucking wild every time ~~Todd~~ anyone from Bethesda opened their mouth.

Found the clip! It was E3 2019.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago