Recently, we have witnessed that large companies move out of the field in which they operate. The digital broadcasting platform Netflix has started to offer dozens of mobile games, which we can call snacks, to Android and iOS users in 190 countries with the ‘Netflix Games’ service, which it launched last year.
Social media company Twitter also made a small entrance into the gaming industry. Pixel-based Data Dash, played through the browser, was designed to better explain Twitter’s privacy and security features to users. It is worth noting that Data Dash, which differs from the usual games in this respect, is not published in application stores.
Twitter game What does Data Dash do?
In the game, you control a dog named ‘Data’ as well as one of four different characters that will accompany him. But no matter which character you choose, the gameplay remains the same. While trying to pass through four short levels, you have to collect bones and of course avoid the enemies.
Each completed task brings up a security feature of Twitter.
Controlled simply by forward, backward and jumping movements, the browser game has 5 bones to collect per level. Once these are complete, a brief summary of each of Twitter’s security features opens. In addition, you can share the current level you have reached in the Data Dash game in your account.
Twitter explained the game’s working logic on its web page:
The Twitterverse can be difficult to navigate if you don’t know your way around. That’s why we made a game to help you understand our privacy policy a little better.
Welcome to PrivaCity! Take your dog Data safely to the park. Avoid cat ads, swim in a sea of DMs. Fight trolls and learn how to take control of your Twitter experience along the way.
Twitter rewrote its privacy policy
Along with the Data Dash game, Twitter also announced that it has rewritten its privacy policy to be easier to understand. In the announcement made from the official account, “We wanted to fit our privacy policy to 280 characters, but there is much more. And this is important”.
The most important difference between the old version and the new version of the privacy policy; to be free of expressions that are difficult for the user to understand as much as possible. “We emphasized clear language and moved away from legal jargon,” Twitter says.
– How did you find Twitter’s game? You can share your views in the comments or on the SDN Forum.
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