https://x.com/valvesoftware/status/2051695149026353424

"Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that not everyone who wanted one was able to get it. We’re working on getting more in stock and will have an update on expected timeline soon."

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[–] 267 points 6 months ago* (20 children)

Please Valve, get the fuck off X.

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  • [–] 89 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    And at the very least, they shouldn't be paying the fascists running it $2,000 a year to be there.

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  • [–] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    There's a decent chance an account as big as Valve gets the "premium business" bullshit for free. Not sure if there's a way to tell but it's definitely possible.

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Kinda reminds me of a poster I saw today advertising a communist group and an anti-billionaire rally. Had a QR code to follow them on Instagram and X. 🙄

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Reminds me of a local pro-privacy group I came across a while back, whose only public online presence was a Facebook group.

    Like I get it from a "reach" standpoint, and I think it's fine if you're following a POSSE system, but I feel a lot of people don't do that.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    They should diversify where they post and help guide people to those other platforms, but just leaving X altogether wouldn't accomplish anything. They need to talk to the people where they are

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    They need to be on Mastodon specifically.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Really any activitypub compatible service. Honestly for a big company like that I dislike mastodon, bluesky, anything twitter adjacent, because then responses become a linear “stream of consciousness”of people responding and it’s hard to filter the signal from the noise. Honestly I’d prefer a valve community on lemmy somewhere that they run

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Its easier to onboard people by having stubborn people use multiple apps instead of a full switch right away. So X, Bluesky, and Mastodon in this case getting them off X bit by bit. Another being Instagram and Pixelfed. Reddit with Piefed, and Voyager for Lemmy/Lemmy. Etc.

    That's what has worked for me to get others that are tough to get off those platforms off them overtime instead of in one moment

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    Valve dont need to be on X lol, anything they post in an official manner on any site, will be immediately shared by news outlets anyway.

    Same goes for any large company.

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