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Adam Orth no longer with Microsoft
- Thread starter Wario64
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Good luck trying to stop a train with your hands.
njean777
Member
The justice is that he lost his job for his big mouth and sending insulting tweets to people that said they did not have high speed internet, and told them "why do you live there"? Now if he would have just shut his mouth then he would probably still have a job, but insulting them asking "why do they live there"? is neither his business, or how a employee should ever act to potential customers.
Also he was representing MS on his twitter page, that right there means you are a mouthpiece for your employeer.
Vire
Member
Fury Sense
Member
"Deal with it" can be abided, but "Why on earth would I live there?" blows my mind. That's a good excuse for MS to fire him if I ever heard one.
Too late. He brought it on himself anyway.
The internet could use one less sycophantic, pussy ass apologist anyway. If he wants to destroy his career by waging a war against GAF, then so fucking be it.
slightconfuse
Banned
Gies lives in his own little fairytale land and any attempt to reason with him is impossible if it does not flow with the narrative he creates.
Dude needs to pull his head out of his ass
Dude needs to pull his head out of his ass
A tweet is a published broadcast on a media channel. At a high level, unless your Twitter is protected, there is no different between an individual tweeting their personal opinion on something, or getting an open letter published in the NY Times.
I think people get wrapped up in their little echo chamber bubble of friends and followers, and forget that the rest of the internet can also see their posts. Even if you have a back-and-forth between friends, if their tweets are open, it's not a private conversation, but a broadcast to the world.
Another example is a real world conversation between friends in public. If you're shouting your views to teach other and bystanders hear and take offence, you can't claim they've misconstrued a private conversation. Freedom of speech doesn't mean you're free of consequences of your stated views, just that you can make them in the first place.
I think people get wrapped up in their little echo chamber bubble of friends and followers, and forget that the rest of the internet can also see their posts. Even if you have a back-and-forth between friends, if their tweets are open, it's not a private conversation, but a broadcast to the world.
Another example is a real world conversation between friends in public. If you're shouting your views to teach other and bystanders hear and take offence, you can't claim they've misconstrued a private conversation. Freedom of speech doesn't mean you're free of consequences of your stated views, just that you can make them in the first place.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Why don't people just ignore him? It's obvious he gets a kick out of people posting about him here so why give him what he wants?
It begins.
I'm getting Dyack vibes.
A good poster
Banned
FOR OR AGAINST?!
That gif just needs a few words replaced and it can totally suit Gies.
Pretty easy rule of thumb about personal public communications when working at a large company:
1. Don't talk publicly about anything your have confidential information.
2. Don't talk publicly about anything that a reasonable person might assume you have confidential information on, even if you don't.
1. Don't talk publicly about anything your have confidential information.
2. Don't talk publicly about anything that a reasonable person might assume you have confidential information on, even if you don't.
Don't really feel bad for him at all as he did this to himself. You're always representing your employer whether you like it or not, so don't even joke about things that could make your employer look bad, which it did for a few days .
So he becomes yet another Twitter casualty. Unfortunately it seems like posting dumb shit on Twitter affects everyone on Earth except Arthur Gies.
So he becomes yet another Twitter casualty. Unfortunately it seems like posting dumb shit on Twitter affects everyone on Earth except Arthur Gies.
KojiKnight
Member
There is no war to be had. We're not evangelists or crusaders dude...
Because he never fails to weigh in on the wrong side of stories like this, and he somehow always manages to vilify gamers for the actions of others.
cpp_is_king
Member
I know, tell me about it. That's just like straight up offensive. The guy is obviously a self-absorbed egotistical maniac, and that is exactly the kind of guy you don't want working for you precisely because they're so unpredictable.
I'm getting Dyack vibes.
So am I.
Goddamn, this guy has more salt on his plate than Nvidia.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I'm getting Dyack vibes.
Well, he was basically called out by EviLore during the Notch thing some time ago. Someone else probably has the picture, but I think Gies thinks the whole forum is against him and his often baffling stances.
RustyNails
Member
NathanMcMahon
Banned
some think they are. At least Gies puts his identity out there.
He's managing that perfectly well himself with all the stupid shit that he comes out with. Noone needs to do a thing.
He didn't deserve to lose his job for what happened. He didn't even deserve a suspension.
I hate how powerful people feel because they can scream on the internet, and I hate how powerful companies make them by giving in. Had MS waited a month barely anyone would even remember his name.
I hate how powerful people feel because they can scream on the internet, and I hate how powerful companies make them by giving in. Had MS waited a month barely anyone would even remember his name.
Well no, that's totally true. It really is too bad what happened to Adam Orth as sometimes we all try to make points in our own unique ways and end up looking foolish. But his is going to COMPLETELY fuck up that dude's life. New career, probably new city, completely new way of living...because of twitter drama.
It's too bad. But it's also hardly outrageous or unexpected.
ShockingAlberto
Member
"I don't understand why my twitter reactions blaming the internet are relevant in a thread about someone being fired about twitter reactions."
DukeTogo1300
Member
Stop...what exactly?
I'm getting Dyack vibes.
yesyesyesyes
aznxchunky
Member
remember someone was fired from dtoid because he bad mouthed felicia day. that "expressed opinions is my own " shit is pointless on twitter
Nope, it's not Aegies, it's gaf. Ever wonder why Che Chou, Adam Greenberg, Cliffyb, and a bunch of other people have said they don't like gaf?
I'm getting Dyack vibes.
Maybe aegies should be interviewed for that GT documentary? Seems like he would have a few things to say about GAF. He already says them on twitter after all.
I'd say people are more saying that it was the most logical conclusion considering what he did, than it is praising Microsoft flexing that corporate muscle.
NathanMcMahon
Banned
It really is.
legacyzero
Banned
I hate seeing people lose jobs, but he walked face first into this one.
Uh-oh. Keep hating Arthur. You bring it on yourself.
Uh-oh. Keep hating Arthur. You bring it on yourself.
thetrin
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It's not up to you who deserves to get fired, unless those people are 1) breaking the law while on the job, or 2) under your supervision. I don't think Orth was right to do what he did, but it's not within my purview (or anyone's here) to say that he should or should not be fired for doing it.
Losing a job is not a slap on the wrist. People have publicly apologized and retained their jobs for doing worse.
I don't care what happens really. I don't pay much attention to people on Twitter or any of the gaming "press" to begin with. But if folks here want to fuck with him, whatever. I just sit and watch a so-called professional act like a complete idiot.
And basically, this
I laugh whenever I see it in someone's Twitter bio in a serious way. It's like they think it gives them a license to say whatever they want on Twitter
SneakyStephan
Banned
It's not for a rant it's for openly showing contempt for the people who support the business he works for.
Also man EAgies really needs to stop using twitter, every time he opens his mouth an avalanche of stupid comes pouring out.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
I'm getting Dyack vibes.
Does he have a GAF account that we could ban?
I would say either Microsoft backpedaled on their always online plan (assuming one existed at all, or that they could even change it this far into development), or Orth put them in a really bad light for no good reason and his firing is all the more justified.
Lord_Nergal
Member
I'm not sure why GAF needs to turn every thread into an Arthur Goose thread.