Hello PCMR community!

On July 13th, we asked the community for your opinion if you would like to change the name of this community.

Results of the Survey :

  • Yes - 28.1%
  • No - 71.9% (winner)

Of the 1,201 responses received, we as a community have democratically decided that we should not change the name from PC Master Race. I am grateful to our community for your input, as this was a difficult topic to navigate together.

If you would like to review the history of this, please check out this post here: https://lemmy.world/post/1430610

We’ll pin this post for some time and then consider adding a bullet into the sidebar for this Community to help stave off further discussions around this topic as the community has already decided collectively.

Kind regards,

The Moderator Team

@Hurts@lemmy.world @_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world @Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world @IowaMan@lemmy.world @BobaFett26@lemmy.world @The_Vampire@lemmy.world @Fudgeknuckles98@lemmy.world @CatZoomies@lemmy.world @Xeon@lemmy.ml @geosoco@kbin.social

EDIT 30-Aug-2023:

Due to some of the recent targeted attacks against Lemmy.world, I noticed that the image I shared with this post was purged from their servers.

Here’s a new screenshot of the results for posterity: https://i.postimg.cc/jqNg5gWx/pcmrsurvey.png

  • Sternout@feddit.deEnglish
    4623·
    11 months ago

    This is how democratic decisions work

    the only thing you can do as a person: make a choice and opt out

    This is wrong

    A democratic decision doesn’t make it just or moral. You always have a right to protest.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      142·
      11 months ago

      And it’s not just about what you have the “right” to do. You’re capable of moves like maneuvering to take control of its parent instance, starting a new alternative community, lobbying real governments that wield hard power to brutally suppress anyone using a name involving “master race”. Or buy up a bunch of PS5s and give them away to people who are on the fence about whether to get a console or PC.

      Not that I want the name to change myself, but don’t try to limit what our opponents can do about it. Who knows, maybe their practice here will give them experience that will help overthrowing other oppressive regimes.

    • ethman42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1329·
      11 months ago

      Also, the purpose of the government is to protect the minority from the majority. Just saying

      • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        In theory but since most countries have majority rule voting this is rarely the case.

        Things like gay marriage weren’t made legal until most of the country supported it already. Otherwise they’d lose too many votes.