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Comment It happed to us (Score 5, Insightful) 161

Several years ago a mother and daughter showed up at our house saying her daughterâ(TM)s phone was in our house. One of our teenagers was home with younger siblings. The mother demanded that our home be opened. Our teenager called the police. The mother showed her screen to the officer and the officer explained locations are not always accurate and it was an error. Iâ(TM)m not sure why the phone was showing at our house. There is a high school about half a mile away. Not sure of some student took the phone and walked past our house with it or what.

Comment Who fired the first shot? (Score 1) 515

I started hearing negative comments from Baby Boomers and Gen Xâ(TM)ers about Millennials several years ago. There is a history of older generations making negative comments about younger generations. My question would be who opened up the first shot of the most recent generation war? Maybe the current situation will teach all generations a lesson in civility.

Comment Online play: a cesspool of bad behavior (Score 1) 1293

Platforms and publishers need to do a much better job for online games. Online play is a cesspool of aggressive players who want to humiliate and dominate their opponent. It is not about winning. Gave up on Madden years ago. Opponents run the same glitching money plays, never punt, and go for two poInt plays to run up the score. The movement to make Madden an e-Sport is a shift away from casual gamers towards to aggressive players. I would encourage gamers to not buy a product that tolerates aggressive poor behavior by players.

Comment Madden players = aggressive taunters (Score 1) 1293

Many online Madden players engage in negative aggressive play and taunting of opponents. It is not about winning. Itâ(TM)s about dominating and humiliating your opponent. Watch YouTube videos where this event is promoted. You will see players overcome with emotion screaming at the top of their lungs. What would drive someone to shoot up a place after losing a video game? I am sad this happened but not surprised.

Comment Provide filters to users (Score 2) 219

I personally would like to see a capability to allow me to block all politically oriented content (ads and posts from friends). There was a lot of conflict between individuals on Facebook during and after the 2016 election. I also say this spilling over and impacting friendships outside of the Facebook platform. Facebook needs to deliver more options to allow users to filter out certain types of content.

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