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Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2 and a ‘Roy’ for its Deckard (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The leak comes as the devices are prepared for mass production, so these are coming soon.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

~~If I strictly apply rule 1, this should be removed. But at the same time, after talking with OP via PM, it is true that it is still kinda related to games.~~

~~For now I'm gonna keep it, but an update to the rules is needed, to better define and explain them.~~

Edit : After a night of sleep I have to admit I was mistaken here.

Still, I'll talk with the other mods about better defining the rules, I feel like it is needed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Video game company that also owns the biggest video game buying platform in the world makes a new video game controller to play video games with

Mod: Nah, it’s hardly related to video games, the rules have to be updated

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yup, in retrospect my brain kinda betrayed me here.

The update I'd like to see here is to explicitly allow gaming hardware related topic in rule 1, to avoid having an overworked mod go on a moderation spree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe instead of updating the public rules could use a checklist system to help reduce the cognitive load of moderating: like checking if the url is a reputable source such as the verge, and check for keywords like "valve" for if it's relevant to gaming.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This isn’t a great answer…

This is the best one

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Still kinda related"

Please, Lord, let me never become a moderator, keep my reasoning intact.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Moderating isn't as easy as it seem from the outside, and sometimes you can make mistakes, especially when tired. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I know and don't mind the jokes, you folks are doing a good job on communities that I follow. I started "teachers" and "education" subreddits a lifetime ago with a free-speech-absolutist mindset and quickly realized that they become a cesspool without someone grinding through reports 24/7.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I'm a stickler for content appropriateness, but even I can see how a game company's gaming console is related to gaming.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As a user this is content I would expect to see in this community and if the rules need clarification they should include posts like this.

Reading the notes in https://lemmy.world/post/2536430 (linked in the sidebar),

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

This post certainly relates to gaming, which to me means as currently worded fits rule #1.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Indeed it is. That was my mistake.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What is MP in this context?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He probably meant PM which stands for private message.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

indeed. I was tired and used the French equivalent ("Message Privé", thus MP). I should avoid moderating when tired next time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the information! Or perhaps I should say merci.