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yourfeelsarentfacts said So you're anti gamergate then? I thought you were based like Jon Tron. Don't ruin my faith brah, look into what it really is. Dude: GamerGate is f------ b-------, 100%, top to bottom. Do you know why? There's no centralized hub. No code of ethics, no leader, no organization at all to what is even worse than armchair activism: It's a hashtag sired "movement that is utterly counterproductive because of the very nature of it's creation. If you openly associate with GamerGate, you aren't clearly defining what your point is because there is no centralized message or head figure that is ultimately dictating what the movement is about. That's why there are so many rancid, terrible people out there associated with the "movement":No one of any integrity has made it something worth value. It's still mostly associated with its most vocal, most destructive supporters If you have a problem with journalism and the gaming industry, all the more power to you. But don't associate with GamerGate. Doing so is essentially sticking a sign on you pointing towards every misogynistic, under-read blithering a------ out there that absolutely has no idea what they're talking about, and saying "I'm With Them Journalistic ethics, illegaVimmoral business practices, feminism: These are al incredibly important issues. Those who approach these subjects need to have an open mind and a serious amount of respect for the issues, as well as the wherewithal to properly discuss them. So far, they have been handled with as much grace and respect from people on both sides of the fence as a five year old with a chainsaw. I've largely stayed out of the debate, but if you want to ask my honest opinion on #GamerGate? Well, there you go. It's a f------ mess and, while I see the message, I would never associate with the label because it's poisonous and doomed to fail anonymous said I ain't gonna s--- at you for havin' your own views on the matter but don't you think you're kinda disregarding the good that GG did? The thousands of dollars donated to charities, the uncovering of incontrovertible proof of mailing-lists and collusion between journalists, the people who actively STOPPED doxxing of anti-GGers by third-parties? Are all the people who have genuine reasons to side with GG supposed to accept being swept under the sweeping label of 'Triends with EVIL misogynists'? I'm not ignoring those people I'm saying, "Use a different f------ name, the one you have is toxic. Abandorn hope all ye who adopt it. Since there's no organization, no official representation, no public declaration of purpose and ethics by those who could be held accountable, it can essentially be joined, and thus represented, by anyone, any way they see fit So I repeat: GamerGate is essentially b-------. anonymous s aid Thanks for answering Kaiser, I'm sorry if I came off as a little presumptious in my previous ask. S'pose the question is at this point: how would a 'different name' get started? And how could it stop people from just accusing it of being 'new gamergate' or what have you? Put together your own organization. Set up a site, a message, a mission. Don't just put a name and an idea out there, and then let anyone who wants to just latch on and represent you. Be clear in your purpose and be detailed If you cannot do these things, then just speak your own opinion as an individual. You don't need to be in some group. Especially one that doesn't adaquately represent you. the-old-folk-blues said Aren't the issues the same with every other f------ internet "activist" movement? Kaiser, there's never a central authority or code of conduct because the internet is a virtual anarchist state With that how can you expect "activists" to bring order out of that chaos? Actually, that's one of the problems with internet activism. It's why it's so, by and large, ineffectual as well a lot o the time when it comes to issues such as feminism, journalism, etc. There's no organization, no concrete base of operation, no vetting process or accountability What I'm trying to say is, if these "good people in GamerGate want to actualy do good and bring a productive perspective to the issues, they need to stop associating with a heavily tarnished name and stop using the usual, flawed tactics of creating a movement and then letting the internet take off with it Of course, no matter what, there's no guarantee that the next people who try will succeed or be the people we want representing us, but from perspective GamerGate has already failed pensulliwen said At this point gamergate's only goal/reason for existing seems to be "to defend gamergate." If the people with actual good intentions left in the movement would admit "okay this is a s--- show" and move on, they might be able to focus their energies on something other than defending their intentions. In this case a name change would be a legitimate step Precisely. At this point, most of the people in GG are just trying their best not to look like shitbags. Also, I'd like to use this ask as a place to preposition something a fantastic friend of mine pointed out: A lot of folks are trying to equate GamerGate to feminism. The more appropriate equation would be PETA An organization that's surface message is important and virtuous, but is founded on a damaging core principle that ultimately leads to them doing more harm than good So even though there are tons of people involved with PETA who don't support the radical core ideas of PETA, the PETA name is so toxic that it does more harm than good at this point and it's better to work for the overarching animal rights movement under a different banner." 29 notes

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Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu
Jalen Hutchinson Studied Culinary Science at Culinary Institute of America (Graduated 2014). Author has 304 answers and 740.1K answer views. 5y Not that I care that much either way, but it did expose a lot of corrupt game developers and game journalists. X Journalists would make claims of people like Anita Sarkeesian "playing video games all her life" when she openly admitted many times she is not a gamer and only starter recently (when it wasn't for an interview). Various developers trading sex or money for good reviews got exposed, journalists who accepted got exposed. People became a bit more critical about supporting a game just because the developer has a victim complex stating tat their game could have only failed because of sexism, instead of their own poor developing skills. What really sealed the deal was opposition often faking their own harassment. Anita sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn have been caught multiple times screenshotting "harassment" while showing that the harrasser's account name in the login. Or when someone called the police to help Sarkeesian against a "very real threat" she was posting about, only for police to find the harasser's messages were coming from her IP address. I just want honesty from the community, and the lies were mostly exposed by the "dreaded" gamergate. 1.3K views • View upvotes 26
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