[UPDATE: Naughty Dog has acted quickly, addressing the concerns of frequency of tweets:
“Some reviewers have had early access to the game and selected the option to update their Twitter accounts as they completed each chapter of the game. This has resulted in some Twitter feeds being updated multiple times an hour. We obviously want to provide the best experience for everybody, so for the time being we’ve disabled Twitter updates on chapter completions”
Social networking, and its integration into gaming, is a funny thing. Sony took the chance to utilize the abilities of Twitter to both promote Uncharted 2 and to give users the ability to share recent game play events with their friends. Understanding that it is taking a risk in utilizing the integration, Sony realized that it is still learning at what is an optimal way of bringing the two together. Naughty Dog listens to their fans and it shows in the speed in which they acted.]
[EDIT: Just to clarify… This is aimed at the Twitter users, not to Naughty Dog.]
Seriously people, this crap has to stop. Twitter has become inundated with the spam of a hundred Uncharted 2 game reviewers telling us that they have just completed an act, gained a level, or played multiplayer. Yes, it is as bad as it seems. Nay, it is worse. As soon as Uncharted 2 is released, the flood of Twitter spam will undoubtedly kill it the social network. Can you imagine 1-2 million people spamming Twitter all at once with these childish, vomit-inducing ego trips?
No, I don’t care if you just found a bronze monkey statue. You’ve just made Twitter much less usable for those of us that follow you. Or should I say UN-follow you.
What seemed like a hip idea at the time has turned into an almost porn-like spamming of the network. Meant to engage friends and followers into the Uncharted 2 gaming experience, the effect has been an almost unanimous hateful response from the Twitterverse. The issue isn’t necessarily that the game tweets out your latest achievements, but that it does it so frequently. In one count, one user had 4 automated tweets in less than an hour. This is bad use of social media, folks.
#Uncharted2 twitter meme, I hope you die a quick and painful death before you take Twitter down with you.
In retaliation, I have started posting mundane daily tasks within the #Uncharted2 hashtag. “Just scratched his butt in #Uncharted2” and “needs to finish a Powerpoint in #Uncharted2” are just some of the less colorful ones. Let’s hope game developers Naughty Dog get the picture and put a stop to this nonsense.
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