Note that spreading awareness is not mutually exclusive with other tasks here. You can take both paths at the same time. Telling people to avoid Arc Raiders and poor reviews.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Note that spreading awareness is not mutually exclusive with other tasks here. You can take both paths at the same time. Telling people to avoid Arc Raiders and poor reviews.
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I feel like devs and CEOs need to accept that a consequence of using gen AI is that a lot of people won’t like it. That’s just the case as it is and the risks you take
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I feel like devs and CEOs need to accept that a consequence of using gen AI is that a lot of people won’t like it. That’s just the case as it is and the risks you take
By the way, you CAN actually hurt Arc Raiders. Just go onto steam and downvote and bad review.
The reason why it has crept up on board recently is because nexon likely spent a ton on advertisement. Its a bog standard extraction shooter. It gains players due to being on steam screen.
The reason why it has crept up on board recently is because nexon likely spent a ton on advertisement. Its a bog standard extraction shooter. It gains players due to being on steam screen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
By the way, you CAN actually hurt Arc Raiders. Just go onto steam and downvote and bad review.
The reason why it has crept up on board recently is because nexon likely spent a ton on advertisement. Its a bog standard extraction shooter. It gains players due to being on steam screen.
The reason why it has crept up on board recently is because nexon likely spent a ton on advertisement. Its a bog standard extraction shooter. It gains players due to being on steam screen.
Or, to be exact, Arc raiders uses ai and is proud of it, unapologetically, which trends. Devs say "every game is made by ai now". If you want more aislop, feel free to play it, but its typical Nexon. We've seen what Nexon does to online games, it tracks and it'll suck soon.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Or, to be exact, Arc raiders uses ai and is proud of it, unapologetically, which trends. Devs say "every game is made by ai now". If you want more aislop, feel free to play it, but its typical Nexon. We've seen what Nexon does to online games, it tracks and it'll suck soon.
Arc raiders' backers are full of conceit. This will not be a good game to enjoy for long. Recommended stay away.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Arc raiders' backers are full of conceit. This will not be a good game to enjoy for long. Recommended stay away.
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Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
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MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
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Would you do all this work for porn?
![#SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech #SaveSpeech
C.P.B.G.
4 PHONE CALLS A DAY
[If you're able to do more, you are encouraged to do so]
WHO?
WHY?
HOW TO CONTACT
WHAT TO DO
Card
MASTERCARD
+
VISA
Visa and Mastercard have long histories with pressuring platforms that host and sell adult content. Most recently, they have pressured Steam and Itch.io, leading to dozens if not hundreds of games being delisted, and their TOS now updated with draconian content standards.
MASTERCARD
(US) +1 (800)-307-7309
phone tree nav: 1-1-2-2-2-1
(INTL) +1 (636)-722-7111
VISA
(US + CAN) +1 (800)-847-2911
phone tree nav: 1-1-5. mash account #.
Your goal is mostly to waste their time and therefore their money.
Pose as a confused customer "just asking for clarification" about things relating to the Itch/Steam censorship controversy.
Paypro
PAYPAL
+
STRIPE
Paypal and Stripe have their own histories with action against adult content. Like the credit card companies, they have both pressured Steam and Itch.io, with Itch calling out Stripe as a priority target, and Steam no longer being able to process certain currencies using Paypal.
PAYPAL
(US + CAN) 1-(402-935-2050
(AUS) 1800 931 678
(GER) +49 69 945189975
STRIPE
(Ireland HQ) 353 1 903 8449
(Cust. Support) (877) 887-7815
+1 (888) 926 2289 (say you are in california)
Same as the CARDS. Waste time, waste money, eventually try to segue into censorship of adult content as a topic.
CITIBANK
Bank
+
BARCLAYS
+
WELLS FARGO
Both Paypal and Stripe have indicated that their banking partners have also been a source of ant- Adult Content pressure.
While there are MANY banks associated with paypros, these 3 are prime initial targets.
CITIBANK
(ENG) 1-(888)-248-4226
(ESP) 1-(800)-360-2484
BARCLAYS
44 (0)1624 684444
+800 800 88885 (replace [+] with country's exit code
WELLS FARGO
1-800-869-3557
For now, begin by treating banks the same as how the CARDS and PAYPROS were early on. Call in, make explicit complaints re: Adult Content.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Would you do all this work for porn?
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Sounds like it's time to continue being annoying.
Source familiar with MasterCard‘s internal workings: The company finds the censorship focus from consumers “profoundly irritating“ amid larger political issues — they want the controversy around paypros censorship to quietly disappear
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Sounds like it's time to continue being annoying.
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The thing about paypros is this: These companies shouldn’t have the power to decide what you do with your money
They need to be reminded that, summer or fall, winter or spring, you care about this issue & will not stand for a major corpo censoring adults creating adult content for other adults
They need to be reminded that, summer or fall, winter or spring, you care about this issue & will not stand for a major corpo censoring adults creating adult content for other adults
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The thing about paypros is this: These companies shouldn’t have the power to decide what you do with your money
They need to be reminded that, summer or fall, winter or spring, you care about this issue & will not stand for a major corpo censoring adults creating adult content for other adults
They need to be reminded that, summer or fall, winter or spring, you care about this issue & will not stand for a major corpo censoring adults creating adult content for other adults
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Become “profoundly irritating”
Pick up the phone. Let MasterCard know you’re a thorn in their side
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Pick up the phone. Let MasterCard know you’re a thorn in their side
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Become “profoundly irritating”
Pick up the phone. Let MasterCard know you’re a thorn in their side
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Pick up the phone. Let MasterCard know you’re a thorn in their side
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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The Gamer was pretty much the *only* outlet willing to stick their neck out for us adult game makers. Their coverage was invaluable in getting the word out about payment processor censorship 😥
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Gamer was pretty much the *only* outlet willing to stick their neck out for us adult game makers. Their coverage was invaluable in getting the word out about payment processor censorship 😥
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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Called Visa so much they just transfer me directly to my bank, who was 🔥VERY🔥 interested in hearing the backstory, and also that they're being given Visa's extra work!!
Help #SaveFreeSpeech, and hang in there and tattle on 'em if they send you anywhere else!!
yellat.money
Help #SaveFreeSpeech, and hang in there and tattle on 'em if they send you anywhere else!!
yellat.money
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Called Visa so much they just transfer me directly to my bank, who was 🔥VERY🔥 interested in hearing the backstory, and also that they're being given Visa's extra work!!
Help #SaveFreeSpeech, and hang in there and tattle on 'em if they send you anywhere else!!
yellat.money
Help #SaveFreeSpeech, and hang in there and tattle on 'em if they send you anywhere else!!
yellat.money
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Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
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Pairs nicely with @garethwatkins.bsky.social’s essay on the modern fascist’s embrace of AI slop as its dominant aesthetic.
newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pairs nicely with @garethwatkins.bsky.social’s essay on the modern fascist’s embrace of AI slop as its dominant aesthetic.
newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
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Also important to note that organizers from Chicago (and LA) are sharing their experiences, strategies and tactics with other cities.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Also important to note that organizers from Chicago (and LA) are sharing their experiences, strategies and tactics with other cities.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
Reposted by Auchiragon
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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Huge thanks to @mjcrockett.bsky.social and @lmesseri.bsky.social for digging into all that work to produce this survey and their insights. The problems that cogsci research is facing are real, but "AI surrogates" are not a solution.
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Huge thanks to @mjcrockett.bsky.social and @lmesseri.bsky.social for digging into all that work to produce this survey and their insights. The problems that cogsci research is facing are real, but "AI surrogates" are not a solution.
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If Hoyo wanted to use AI voice over - and remember, all of their games have *basic* AI protections in place EXCEPT Genshin Impact - wouldn’t it make sense to present it to the consumer as a cool new feature and something that is worth picking up the game for?
Not as a band-aid for a striking worker
Not as a band-aid for a striking worker
April 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If Hoyo wanted to use AI voice over - and remember, all of their games have *basic* AI protections in place EXCEPT Genshin Impact - wouldn’t it make sense to present it to the consumer as a cool new feature and something that is worth picking up the game for?
Not as a band-aid for a striking worker
Not as a band-aid for a striking worker
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Seriously, we need to not wait and the things that get worse are counterbalanced by things we build to be better. The idea that it's all one big bubble ignores everything we can do in the small. Scale down to your block or zip code or city. That part can and will change for the better.
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Seriously, we need to not wait and the things that get worse are counterbalanced by things we build to be better. The idea that it's all one big bubble ignores everything we can do in the small. Scale down to your block or zip code or city. That part can and will change for the better.
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Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.
levernews.com/book
levernews.com/book
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.
levernews.com/book
levernews.com/book
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Thoughts:
(1) Google makes it very difficult to cover this topic. It will ding your site.
(2) Advertisers make it very difficult to cover this topic. They may demand their ads removed from a given article. Which means no money from your work
(3) Games journalists are VERY squeamish about sex.
(1) Google makes it very difficult to cover this topic. It will ding your site.
(2) Advertisers make it very difficult to cover this topic. They may demand their ads removed from a given article. Which means no money from your work
(3) Games journalists are VERY squeamish about sex.
In your personal opinion, why are so many games journalists allergic to the payment processor / adult content censorship issue impacting gaming?
Let’s get very 101 here. Why are so many games journalists ignoring this issue?
Let’s get very 101 here. Why are so many games journalists ignoring this issue?
October 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thoughts:
(1) Google makes it very difficult to cover this topic. It will ding your site.
(2) Advertisers make it very difficult to cover this topic. They may demand their ads removed from a given article. Which means no money from your work
(3) Games journalists are VERY squeamish about sex.
(1) Google makes it very difficult to cover this topic. It will ding your site.
(2) Advertisers make it very difficult to cover this topic. They may demand their ads removed from a given article. Which means no money from your work
(3) Games journalists are VERY squeamish about sex.
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It's miserable to see Gamers* simply not care about genAI usage in Embark's games, because I genuinely think it's maybe the biggest act of "shooting yourself in the foot" you can do to your game's identity and cultural impact.
I genuinely wonder when people are gonna start voting with their wallets and stop rewarding companies for using AI, Arc Raiders using it for genAI voices is frankly disgusting and it blows my mind that some people will defend it, and now Arc Raiders is sitting at 3rd top selling on Steam
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's miserable to see Gamers* simply not care about genAI usage in Embark's games, because I genuinely think it's maybe the biggest act of "shooting yourself in the foot" you can do to your game's identity and cultural impact.