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by Crito 4464 days ago
The trick is that "social gaming" does not mean what many seem to think it means.

Watch a live stream of Scott Manley having some beers and flying some kerbals to the Mun? Sure, I'm on board with that.

Receive a notification that my mother has topped her previous high score in [who cares]Ville? No. No not at all.

I've seen absolutely no indication that Facebook understands that "social gaming" should not mean "annoying your friends".

1 comments

Why is what you want the only thing that is worth doing? What about the people who do care that their mom topped their previous score in [they care]Ville?
Let's see, one involves spamming people who don't care, the other only involves people who do.. [shit]Ville spam games aren't social gaming, they are anti-social gaming.

Not to mention, what is the context of this discussion? Rift. What does Rift have to do with [shit]Ville spam games? Fuck all.

Whoever those people are, I don't want them in my "friends" list.
Nobody can be in your friends list without your consent.