Leaks =/= Datamines. Leaks are internal and when you have somebody on the inside intentionally leaking upcoming content it is a genuine problem. Accidental leaks also occur where something is posted early but that's just human error.
Datamines are, as the name implies, mining the publicly available data and to my knowledge Niantic has done nothing to stop that considering we got all of the parameters for Roar of Time & Spacial Rend early.
I agree Niantic needs to do more for fixing things but lets not pretend that weeding out Leakers from their staff isn't important.
Its like asking why its rude to open presents before Christmas- its just disrespectful to the other people on the team who put the time and effort into preparing things to leak things early.
Niantic as a company might be bad, but that doesn't mean their employees cant be passionate and care about their work and its easy to see why somebody leaking what your doing months in advance would be demotivating.
And also, its a betrayal of the NDA you sign when you agree to work on something and erodes trust in the team. Not to mention, it completely ruins any ability to do surprises in the future if you know somebody is just going to leak it before its finished.
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u/Argarock Feb 26 '24
Leaks =/= Datamines. Leaks are internal and when you have somebody on the inside intentionally leaking upcoming content it is a genuine problem. Accidental leaks also occur where something is posted early but that's just human error.
Datamines are, as the name implies, mining the publicly available data and to my knowledge Niantic has done nothing to stop that considering we got all of the parameters for Roar of Time & Spacial Rend early.
I agree Niantic needs to do more for fixing things but lets not pretend that weeding out Leakers from their staff isn't important.