One of the true veterans of the gaming industry is EA COO Peter Moore, and not all of his followers on Twitter are, believe it or not, overly excited about his contribution to the gaming world. In fact, Moore is regularly treated to accusations, verbal abuse and serious threats, directed both towards himself and his family.
When confronting Twitter about his problems, management told Moore abusive messages of him dying and his wife and children being raped, are not against the current Twitter rules.
After reporting several abusive messages Moore got the following reply from Twitter management:
"Thank you for letting us know about your issue. We've investigated the account and reported Tweets for violents threats and abusive behaviour, and have found that it's currently not violating the Twitter rules."
To put things in perspective Gamespothas gathered some of the messages sent to Moore through the popular social media platform:
• hurry up and die old man ur ruining video games . The day u die is the day I throw a street party. REMEMBER THAT
• remove handicap it's not a joke. Hope ur wife dies in a ditch u scum. Hurry up and die u old prick
• u scum I hate u and everything related to u.. I hope u ur wife kids family all die then there's nothing left of u
• hope your wife gets raped
We can only assume that these messages don't violate the rules as they are not direct threats but instead are rather unpleasant wishes for Moore and his family.
Still, it might be time to lighten up, even if you don't care for Moore or EA's business decisions. And please keep in mind Moore was the harbinger of dreams at Sega of America back in the Dreamcast days...