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> The misoginy accusations came later The misogyny was the driving force from the start. The original 'Quinnspiracy', before it became 'Gamergate', was a haras
by crooked-v 5y ago
> The misoginy accusations came later
The misogyny was the driving force from the start. The original 'Quinnspiracy', before it became 'Gamergate', was a harassment campaign organized around the blatantly false claim that Quinn had slept with a gaming journalist to get good reviews of her work (the only mention he ever made of her work was before they even met).
- speeder 5y agoThe guy that made the accusations was her former boyfriend, and seemly not a gamer. Around that time people were also upset with other journalists, the Quinnspiracy thing became just the straw that broke the camel back, and gamers weren't upset because she was female, they were upset because Kotaku kept making shitty articles.
- crooked-v 5y ago> the Quinnspiracy thing became just the straw that broke the camel back The 'Quinnspiracy thing' was harassment and rape and death threats on blatantly false premises.