Replies were bombarded with harassment and enbyphobia, trotting out the usual, “Why did you say their? Is she a group?” talking point, like a wall of Buzz Lightyear toys repeating their stock phrase. Others ask how to un-back the project, some describe the announcement as a “threat,” and then come the usual buzzwords: Erika Ishii is a “toxic activist,” a “woke idiot,” “Antifa terrorist,” and a few blatantly racist descriptors we obviously won’t repeat here. Understandably, Double Fine turned off the comments.
I’m no more likely to read Steam forums than X for the most part. The only exception is if a post comes up as a search result when I’m troubleshooting some issue with a game, and even then it’s an odds-on chance it’ll be useless. Otherwise, stay away!