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I think it's gotten worse. It's one thing for some dude to argue anonymously. It's another thing to make credible death threats and such. My daughter wrote a p

by beat 10y ago

I think it's gotten worse. It's one thing for some dude to argue anonymously. It's another thing to make credible death threats and such. My daughter wrote a paper about Gamergate and the crap around that, and she was afraid to publish it widely for fear of retaliation. A bandmate wrote a fantastic song about trolls hating on women in gaming, and we only play it live because she's afraid of what will happen if we release a recording. It's scary. Women are justifiably afraid of what will happen to them if they publicly criticize the trolls.

Cuuugi 10y ago
>I think it's gotten worse. I do somewhat agree, but i feel like that's more a statement about mental patients with a modem than the average level of toxicity. Gamergate is a topic i want to avoid, because it could go on for days, but i will say this. Only a woman could publish a piece of shit game, and get so much great press "seemingly" by sleeping with a bunch of gaming journalists. Only a Man would get so butthurt and release details of the former. Can't we agree that they are both shitty people?
- beat 10y ago
  As my daughter observed, this was basically just standard toxic-relationship breakup crap gone viral. But whatever she might have done, even if she's guilty of everything she was accused of by her boyfriend who wrote a 10,000 word rant about her (seems unlikely), none of the stuff done by the gamergate trolls was justified. None of it. edit: And if the girlfriend had written a 10,000 word rant about her boyfriend, the trolls would have attacked the girlfriend. That's how sexism works.
  - Cuuugi 10y ago
    I think it's hard to say that it was a "standard" toxic relationship, when she slept with people to further her product/career. That's not really an option for men. That's how sexism also works.
    - beat 10y ago
      It's absolutely an option for men. You just need to be willing to sleep with men, because men are in power, generally.
    - Cuuugi 10y ago
      I'm going to go out on a limb (speak out of my butt) and say there are probably more female managers/executives than there are homosexual managers/executives.

by beat 10y ago

Cuuugi 10y ago

>I think it's gotten worse. I do somewhat agree, but i feel like that's more a statement about mental patients with a modem than the average level of toxicity. Gamergate is a topic i want to avoid, because it could go on for days, but i will say this. Only a woman could publish a piece of shit game, and get so much great press "seemingly" by sleeping with a bunch of gaming journalists. Only a Man would get so butthurt and release details of the former. Can't we agree that they are both shitty people?

beat 10y ago
As my daughter observed, this was basically just standard toxic-relationship breakup crap gone viral. But whatever she might have done, even if she's guilty of everything she was accused of by her boyfriend who wrote a 10,000 word rant about her (seems unlikely), none of the stuff done by the gamergate trolls was justified. None of it. edit: And if the girlfriend had written a 10,000 word rant about her boyfriend, the trolls would have attacked the girlfriend. That's how sexism works.
- Cuuugi 10y ago
  I think it's hard to say that it was a "standard" toxic relationship, when she slept with people to further her product/career. That's not really an option for men. That's how sexism also works.
  - beat 10y ago
    It's absolutely an option for men. You just need to be willing to sleep with men, because men are in power, generally.
  - Cuuugi 10y ago
    I'm going to go out on a limb (speak out of my butt) and say there are probably more female managers/executives than there are homosexual managers/executives.