Results of the PCMR Name Change Survey
Results of the PCMR Name Change Survey
Hello PCMR community!
On July 13th, we asked the community for your opinion if you would like to change the name of this community.
Results of the Survey :
- Yes - 28.1%
- No - 71.9% (winner)
Of the 1,201 responses received, we as a community have democratically decided that we should not change the name from PC Master Race. I am grateful to our community for your input, as this was a difficult topic to navigate together.
If you would like to review the history of this, please check out this post here: https://lemmy.world/post/1430610
We'll pin this post for some time and then consider adding a bullet into the sidebar for this Community to help stave off further discussions around this topic as the community has already decided collectively.
Kind regards,
The Moderator Team
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EDIT 30-Aug-2023:
Due to some of the recent targeted attacks against Lemmy.world, I noticed that the image I shared with this post was purged from their servers.
Here's a new screenshot of the results for posterity: https://i.postimg.cc/jqNg5gWx/pcmrsurvey.png
What should you do if you are unhappy with the results of this survey?
- I understand you are disappointed. This is how democratic decisions work, and is the reality of the situation.
- My opinion here is for you to take a moment to look inward and decide for yourself how you want to proceed.
- If the name of this community bothers you, my recommendation is to do the only thing you can do as a person: make a choice and opt out.
- There are other communities you can join and collaborate in. You can always spin up a new community in the Fediverse, on any instance out there, and create new content to attract users.
- However, if you are okay with accepting that the name of this community will not change, stay with us. We'd love to have you here.
Final notes to remember:
- We are all gamers. We are all united by our varying levels of PC enthusiasm. Let's stay united in our hobbies, rather than allowing ourselves to become divided. Seems like these days there is so much division all across the world, all across social media, in our news, etc.
- For all the evils out there in the world, this is a safe place for us.
- Every person on this planet out there has a different opinion. Remember to be kind to others, even when no one is watching you.
Folks seem to be missing why PCMR is even a thing. It is a tongue in cheek representation of PC users during the console brand fights of PS2/Xbox though PS4/Xbox One. The idea is that PC users sneer down on console users and don't see the precarious position we are in with our bloated upfront costs to entertainment.
It was never meant for a direct "PC is superior" idea - in fact it's making the statement that PC users are silly and take themselves too seriously.
The fact this poll was necessary makes me really sad
For all the people that don't understand where there name of the community came from, here is the video that started it all: https://youtu.be/P0dXtOVi2yo?si=Vlxetg3tmkjWGE70
My God, this is still going on. I'm still having trouble comprehending whether this is just a very elaborate parody. The term "master race" is not in any way offensive and even if it is (to a small amount of people) they are perfectly within their right to be offended, but not to ban other people from using it.
Respect the democracy but what a ridiculous topic.
Unfortunately, I think this argument will never die.
The sensitive radicals will keep demanding it, until they get what they want. They are tireless
Personal Computer Main Race!
Unsurprising. Y'all are a bunch of dickheads, after all.
Okay, jokes aside. I hope everyone keep their cool about this.
You bias the vote by excluding the majority of users. A lot of Lemmy users are never going to use Google for some stupid survey, myself included
PC MASTER RACE ANTHEM
Well, this is kinda gross. Missed the poll, but pretty disappointed with the results. The big swell of tongue-in-cheek nazi jokes to go along with it is really telling and discomforting.
Anyways, good luck with the crowd you're about to attract, and see ya on the other side of an instance block (or not, rather).
Yeah, go ahead and keep the nazi verbiage. That's helping the image.
I don't think most people get that it was originally denigration of the elitist attitudes some PC players had and Yahtzee was making fun of them. And yet they use his imagery still. Y'all are bafflingly obtuse...or perhaps like the comparison? Can't tell which is worse.