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David Amador

so hum... Funko has caused itch.io to be taken down, wth

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
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David Amador

The itch thing keeps getting weirder, Funko reached to itch.io admin mom about the “accusatory statements on social media”, they are likely not happy with the bad publicity, but that’s on them.

A tweet from itch.io stating "This is not a joke, Funko just called my mom." The image shows a message notification from the user's mother, “Got a strange call from a company about accusatory statements on your social media account. Call me.”
A screenshot of a tweet from Funko that reads: At Funko, we hold a deep respect and appreciation for indie games, indie gamers, and indie developers. We’re fans of fans, and we love the creativity and passion that define the indie gaming community. Recently, one of our brand protection partners identified a page on http://itch.io imitating the Funko Fusion development website. A takedown request was issued to address this specific page. Funko did not request a takedown of the @itchio platform, and we’re happy the site was back up by this morning. We have reached out to @itchio to engage with them on this issue and we deeply appreciate the understanding of the gaming community as the details are determined. Thank you for sharing in our passion for creativity.
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@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place
I hope funko gets ddossed SO HARD they have to shut down the server until itch.io is back up.
They make absolute garbage, soulless crap and they caused a website where people post the exact opposite of soulkless crap to go offline.

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Tertle950 - Scrolling WMs da best

@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place The alt text is incomplete--probably a character limit thing--so for anyone with low (bandwidth/vision) wondering what the image says, don't worry. it's just the linked post.

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David Amador

@tertle950 unfortunately character limit yes

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WildRikku

@djlink what's the source of your screenshots of that account named itch.io?

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Atamert Ölçgen

@djlink no. Gaming community is not understanding. You have nothing to appreciate funko.

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🇵🇸 single use plastique 🏴‍☠️

@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place well this isn't going to help with the bad publicity lol, imagine taking down someone's website and then playing the victim

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Markus Latvala

@mook @djlink Right? And how easy it would be to just say something like “Sorry, our brand protection partner made a mistake and we’re making sure it never happens again”.

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Lunar 🛸 ♾

@djlink Funko trying desperately to absolve themselves of any responsibility

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David Amador

@fabiosantoscode not that hard these days with social media and especially facebook. we see that happening often when people reach family of someone's profile

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lafnlab

@djlink AI-powered Streisand Effect. I never heard of itch.io until this kerfuffle got mentioned in the press. Now I not only know about them, I'm also inclined to think poorly about Funko.

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Alexander 😷

@djlink That's not "reaching out", that's harrassment.

#Funko#FunkoPop
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