Sparus
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No, because the parasociality also commonly causes fans to put you on a pedestal even if you're not trying to place yourself in that position.
Anyway, that's tangential to the point. Regardless of the reasons, a lotta people just don't wanna have that relationship with their followers.
Anyway, that's tangential to the point. Regardless of the reasons, a lotta people just don't wanna have that relationship with their followers.
May 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
No, because the parasociality also commonly causes fans to put you on a pedestal even if you're not trying to place yourself in that position.
Anyway, that's tangential to the point. Regardless of the reasons, a lotta people just don't wanna have that relationship with their followers.
Anyway, that's tangential to the point. Regardless of the reasons, a lotta people just don't wanna have that relationship with their followers.
That's fine to bring up as an option, but it's not a catch-all solution here. Most people aren't going to be interested in that, due to both wanting to play with existing friends rather than making new ones and not wanting to deal with the inherent power imbalance of parasocial relationships.
May 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That's fine to bring up as an option, but it's not a catch-all solution here. Most people aren't going to be interested in that, due to both wanting to play with existing friends rather than making new ones and not wanting to deal with the inherent power imbalance of parasocial relationships.
Yeah, followers can turn into friends if you actually get to know them, but I'm not quite sure what your point in saying that is?
As I understand, it's something like, "If you have trouble scheduling stuff with some of your friends, you should just make more of them," but feel free to clarify.
As I understand, it's something like, "If you have trouble scheduling stuff with some of your friends, you should just make more of them," but feel free to clarify.
May 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Yeah, followers can turn into friends if you actually get to know them, but I'm not quite sure what your point in saying that is?
As I understand, it's something like, "If you have trouble scheduling stuff with some of your friends, you should just make more of them," but feel free to clarify.
As I understand, it's something like, "If you have trouble scheduling stuff with some of your friends, you should just make more of them," but feel free to clarify.
Not the same thing. A lot of the fun of these sorts of multiplayer games is playing them with your friends. Playing 'em with random people online can be fun too, ofc, but that's a totally different experience.
May 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Not the same thing. A lot of the fun of these sorts of multiplayer games is playing them with your friends. Playing 'em with random people online can be fun too, ofc, but that's a totally different experience.
Feel this, I got a red-eye that arrives at 5 am Thursday. Can't beat those prices but it's gonna hurt
April 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Feel this, I got a red-eye that arrives at 5 am Thursday. Can't beat those prices but it's gonna hurt
Yeah as a fighting game player I look at tournaments more as social events than as tests of skill for this reason. Like I do want to do well, but I try to focus on just hanging with people who share my hobby so there's no pressure
February 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yeah as a fighting game player I look at tournaments more as social events than as tests of skill for this reason. Like I do want to do well, but I try to focus on just hanging with people who share my hobby so there's no pressure
Oh true I should have remembered those Yankee uniform edits you did lmao
February 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Oh true I should have remembered those Yankee uniform edits you did lmao
Wait is MLB supposed to be MLP or are you just a fan of baseball
February 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Wait is MLB supposed to be MLP or are you just a fan of baseball
Not really? Just because a piece of media breaks the 4th wall does not mean it automatically canonizes the entirety of the real world. Like, OneShot; the player is very explicitly canon to the game but NightMargin and the people that helped them test it are definitely not.
January 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Not really? Just because a piece of media breaks the 4th wall does not mean it automatically canonizes the entirety of the real world. Like, OneShot; the player is very explicitly canon to the game but NightMargin and the people that helped them test it are definitely not.
To be clear: if you want them to ban AI outright, even in cases where it was used artistically and transformatively, that's a totally valid position. But that's part of a different and more nuanced conversation than saying that Itch deserved this takedown because they supposedly love AI.
December 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
To be clear: if you want them to ban AI outright, even in cases where it was used artistically and transformatively, that's a totally valid position. But that's part of a different and more nuanced conversation than saying that Itch deserved this takedown because they supposedly love AI.
Please stop jumping to conclusions like this. We can't have a productive conversation if you immediately assume the absolute worst of me.
Anyway, I never said Itch didn't allow AI at all, just that they're not a 'big supporter' of it. They explicitly disallow AI slop.
itch.io/docs/creator...
Anyway, I never said Itch didn't allow AI at all, just that they're not a 'big supporter' of it. They explicitly disallow AI slop.
itch.io/docs/creator...
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December 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Please stop jumping to conclusions like this. We can't have a productive conversation if you immediately assume the absolute worst of me.
Anyway, I never said Itch didn't allow AI at all, just that they're not a 'big supporter' of it. They explicitly disallow AI slop.
itch.io/docs/creator...
Anyway, I never said Itch didn't allow AI at all, just that they're not a 'big supporter' of it. They explicitly disallow AI slop.
itch.io/docs/creator...
Hey... your anger is 100% valid, but it's pretty misplaced here. Itch has rather lax moderation in general, them being lighter on AI stuff than they should be is not the same as them being a "big supporter" of it.
Misinformedly dunking on them in every reply like this isn't helpful to our cause.
Misinformedly dunking on them in every reply like this isn't helpful to our cause.
December 9, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Hey... your anger is 100% valid, but it's pretty misplaced here. Itch has rather lax moderation in general, them being lighter on AI stuff than they should be is not the same as them being a "big supporter" of it.
Misinformedly dunking on them in every reply like this isn't helpful to our cause.
Misinformedly dunking on them in every reply like this isn't helpful to our cause.
it's worth it trust me i would sell my soul for this game
November 29, 2024 at 2:03 AM
it's worth it trust me i would sell my soul for this game
this is still being good at under night
November 19, 2024 at 11:12 PM
this is still being good at under night
No, that's not the only hope. Now's the time to build grassroots communities and work together with the people around you; the government can't be trusted, so we need to build other structures of power.
November 7, 2024 at 10:06 AM
No, that's not the only hope. Now's the time to build grassroots communities and work together with the people around you; the government can't be trusted, so we need to build other structures of power.