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EA's 'sense of pride' comment becomes Reddit's most downvoted ever
EA's official account defended the harsh in-game unlock costs and loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront II by saying they gave players "a sense of pride and accomplishment." The tone-deaf reply was downvoted to roughly -667,000, making it the most downvoted comment in Reddit history, and fed a backlash that drew regulatory scrutiny of loot boxes and forced EA to drastically cut unlock costs within days.
PR rep's abusive emails to a customer go viral and sink his agency
Ocean Marketing's Paul Christoforo responded to a customer's shipping question about the Avenger controller adapter with an escalating series of rude, threatening emails, which the customer posted to Penny Arcade and Reddit. The thread went viral, Christoforo was mocked site-wide, and the manufacturer he represented publicly cut ties with his agency within days.
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