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The question "Was GamerGate driven by misogyny?" can now be answered. How many people raise the issue of ethics, regarding this situation, will clarify how many
by lisa_henderson 10y ago
The question "Was GamerGate driven by misogyny?" can now be answered. How many people raise the issue of ethics, regarding this situation, will clarify how many people really did care about ethics when Zoë Quinn, Brianna Wu, and Anita Sarkeesian were under attack.
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- makomk 10y agoIt already has been - GamerGate were the ones who originally broke this story almost two years ago. (More specifically, TotalBiscuit broke it and was officially a GG supporter, and most of the initial coverage came from GG circles. The mainstream gaming press only noticed a week or two later.) Though I think a lot of the interest was in an aspect that isn't mentioned here: Warner Bros also refused to give review codes to YouTubers outside of the paid promotional scheme, so essentially all of the initial YouTube coverage was by people with paid contracts that forbade them from saying or showing anything negative.
- mzw_mzw 10y agoPlease don't post flamebait like this on HN.
- lisa_henderson 10y agoHow is this flamebait? This is a legitimate question.
- mzw_mzw 10y agoBringing those particular people into a discussion -- especially with a tone of "see? see? I was right! X is God/X is the devil!" that almost dares people to take issue with it -- leads to nothing but endless, unproductive fights between entrenched political positions.