Online toxicity
Subject in Society & Culture
Online toxicity has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jeff KaplanAmerican video game designer known for World of Warcraft and Overwatch at Blizzard Entertainment; co-founder of Kintsugiyama
Kaplan says online heat drove Diablo III director Jay Wilson out of game development, which he called criminal.
“that community basically removed him from making games for like 10, 15 years. And it feels criminal to me”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming (Mar 11, 2026) · Listen from 3:05:44
Kaplan argues that social media is designed to reward maximal, usually negative, hyperbole.
“social media in general is designed in such a way where the maximum hyperbole works. And that's how you get the most points is by being max hyperbolic”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming (Mar 11, 2026) · Listen from 3:01:47
Podcasts
- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of GamingLex Fridman Podcast · Mar 11, 2026
Former Blizzard designer Jeff Kaplan tells Lex Fridman about his path from failed writer and EverQuest player to World of Warcraft, Titan, Overwatch, and his new studio's game.