The problem of game developers receiving abusive messages
I had a long phone conversation recently with a game industry friend who had the misfortune of being involved in multiple games that became targets of abuse. I had asked him for advice about potentially making some youtube videos about game design, including f2p game design (which I have substantial expertise in).<p>He warned me that depending on the approach, even implying that I thought certain types of games or monetization weren&#x27;t the worst thing since cancer could result in hate mail, doxxing, death threats to myself and my family, etc. He had been through that experience and wanted to warn me against it.<p>Despite being involved in some very popular f2p mobile games, the worst abuse I&#x27;ve had was someone sending me a DM on Reddit saying I should get cancer.<p>I don&#x27;t really know what, if any, the solution here is. I&#x27;ve been able to ignore the worst of what I&#x27;ve taken because it&#x27;s been pretty mild compared to what&#x27;s possible. It makes me wonder - if I were the public face of a game that really, really pissed off the trolls, would I be able to emotionally handle the result? I have no idea and I don&#x27;t want to find out.