(last rechost) I think a lot about the phrase "virtue signaling" and how it came about from the GamerGate/radical-right community, and how every single one of them is convinced it's a bad thing
like. who convinced you that being virtuous is a negative trait. why WOULDN'T you want a signal of who cares enough about appealing to marginalized crowds to include them. I could not ever internalize the concept of "virtue is a bad thing and I think NOBODY should be virtuous in their game development/journalism/posting/whatever it is that I'm complaining about right now" but what do I know
