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• On the post: We’re Super Close To Making One Billion Users Real With Just Hours To Go

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2024 @ 08:38pm

  120 something supporters 24 hours ago I just checked the dashboard and we had 829 backers yesterday. 694 the day before that. Your memory isn't so good I guess.

• On the post: You Can Help Us Design New Cards For One Billion Users

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2024 @ 02:46pm

  We're not asking anyone to work on game art - we'll produce everything necessary, and the backers can be involved in as much or as little of the process as they want

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 407: Brendan Carr Is A Threat To Free Speech

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2024 @ 09:47pm

  fixed!

• On the post: Introducing: One Billion Users, The Social Media Card Game

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2024 @ 11:38am

  The core gameplay loop is recognizably based on Touring/Mille Bornes - but we've added a lot of new mechanics that change it significantly!

• On the post: Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Over To EU, Elon

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2024 @ 03:20pm

  whoops, thank you! fixed

• On the post: Tim Wu Is Out Of Control

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2024 @ 02:27pm

  You need to hold the Look Closer button, not just tap it! (we might change that in a future update)

• On the post: Announcing Ctrl-Alt-Speech: A New Podcast About Online Speech

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2024 @ 04:29pm

  Not in general! We do plan to run a few promos on episodes of the Techdirt podcast, and maybe put some teaser excerpts from this podcast into the Techdirt feed between regular episodes - plus at some point Ben will be joining Mike on the Techdirt Podcast to talk about the launch of Ctrl-Alt-Speech. But other than that additional stuff, the Techdirt Podcast will be proceeding as normal!

• On the post: Elon’s Censorial Lawsuit Against Media Matters Inspiring Many More People To Find ExTwitter Ads On Awful Content

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2023 @ 05:13pm

  I dunno, I think it lacks a certain je ne sais quoi unique to his particular personality disorder.

• On the post: Elon’s Censorial Lawsuit Against Media Matters Inspiring Many More People To Find ExTwitter Ads On Awful Content

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2023 @ 10:10am

  lol this comment is like an unholy hybrid of a Linda Yaccarino tweet and a Donald Trump tweet

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2023 @ 08:13am

  yeah, my bad! Sorry - fixed now

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2023 @ 08:11am

  whoops, my bad! I messed up in my copy-pasting! Afraid it was Rhizome's comment that won - fixing it now

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2023 @ 07:37pm

  I'm fond of this boss music from Pikmin too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUkxWx40H8

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2023 @ 03:19pm

  I'm not personally the type to download and listen to an album of retro chiptunes themselves, but there are indeed a lot of bangers in the world of nintendo music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hASvFH3w1Ik

• On the post: Trust & Safety Tycoon: Try Your Hand At Managing A Social Media Trust & Safety Team

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2023 @ 08:50am

  You haven’t had any brand issue by ending your game name with “Tycoon” ?

  I similarly assumed that there would probably be issues but, when we looked into it, it turned out there are no trademark issues around "tycoon" and it's used generically as a genre descriptor in the names of lots of games by different companies

• On the post: Moderator Mayhem: A Mobile Game To See How Well YOU Can Handle Content Moderation

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 11 May, 2023 @ 07:26pm

  Very little of the content in the game even has anything to do with political viewpoints because, contrary to what you might believe, political speech is only a small slice of the content that moderators deal with.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: May 22nd – 28th

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 29 May, 2022 @ 11:48am

  whoops! fixed, thanks

• On the post: Introducing Startup Trail: A Game About The Policy Challenges Tech Startups Face

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2022 @ 12:50pm

  Could definitely package it up as a PC game. Mobile is a lot tougher - the interface doesn't currently support screens below a certain size, and it also relies on mouseover tooltips for conveying important (if technically not 100% critical) information.

• On the post: Introducing Startup Trail: A Game About The Policy Challenges Tech Startups Face

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2022 @ 10:49am

  Yeah - we certainly investigated engines (Twine and Inkle were our top contenders) but ultimately it seemed easier to get the functionality we wanted by building it ourselves

• On the post: Introducing Startup Trail: A Game About The Policy Challenges Tech Startups Face

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2022 @ 10:16am

  Nope, not Twine! No engine really - it's built in HTML/Javascript using the Vue.js framework, utilizing a little bit of the engine Randy Lubin (our game-making partner) built for his project StorySynth but mostly built from scratch.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leigh Beadon ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2022 @ 06:00pm

  whoops my bad, fixed!

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