Game developer Brianna Wu leaves home after death threats for supporting women

Post by acdha » Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 4:42 AM UTC

uvTwitch wrote: post #36

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Here's the problem: #gamergate started as part of a harassment campaign against Zoe Quinn, closely following a round of attacks on Anita Sarkeesian[1] by many of the same people. The journalism bit was a valid issue latter adopted as a shield against criticism from the attacks at those women, several journalists and anyone else who spoke up against the abuse. Then they jumped in bed with the Breitbart crew, who were…

That's one way to tell the story. Here's another: Zoe's disgruntled ex-partner decided to publicly air a lot of dirty laundry after he'd discovered she'd been unfaithful to him. This is childish behavior, but the thing that caught people's attention was his claim that she'd intentionally slept with the editors of gaming publications to receive positive coverage, which turned out to be true. Caught with their pants do…

Post by Malician » Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 4:49 AM UTC

fenomas wrote: post #25

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This narrative you're pushing here is a very hard sell considering this is one of their most prominent banners: http://www.nichegamer.net/media/2014/09/gamergate.jpg Being the interenet, there are naturally aggressive and violent people who will throw harassment around. With regard to this issue, it is downright false to claim that they originate from, or are encouraged by, any one camp, as there are examples of hara…

Neither side of things is that simple. While people who openly support gamergate now focus on journalism and condemn misogynistic threats, a look at GG's origins (e.g. the #burgersandfries IRC logs, which as much as anything else started the whole thing[1]), reveals plenty to abhor - way more discussion of how to effectively character-assassinate Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian than of how to reform games journalism,…

Post by orionblastar » Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 4:50 AM UTC

Post by whyenot » Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 4:52 AM UTC

fenomas wrote: post #55

Just a meta-question, but is there some kind of flagging/downvoting system on HN that's hidden to newer users? It seems odd that this thread quickly fell off the top page, below older posts with fewer upvotes.

Post by aikah » Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 5:01 AM UTC

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> #gamergate started as part of a harassment campaign against Zoe Quinn The problem has never been about Zoe Quinn.She can f$ck whoever she wants. The issue is so called "game journalists" f$cking Zoe Quinn then writing articles about her praising her work,funding her through Patreon,and not disclosing the fact that they are also f$cking her. The issue is "game journalists" colluding in google groups to push a leftwi…

> The issue is so called "game journalists" f$cking Zoe Quinn then writing articles about her praising her work,f You meant one journalist, who never reviewed her game and mentioned her once before they started dating, right? I've watched this unfold and it was rather starkly different from the charming story you're telling. On the off chance that you aren't intentionally spreading propaganda, here are a few links wh…