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I find it peculiar that they would call this "censorship", especially when the original article's author, Sam Machkovech, has been one of the article writers wh
by pervycreeper 11y ago
I find it peculiar that they would call this "censorship", especially when the original article's author, Sam Machkovech, has been one of the article writers who has been beating the drum the loudest in favor of censorship in recent months. I guess it's somehow different when it happens to internet bloggers rather than internet comment authors.
- reamworks 11y agoHe is also dishonest in his reviews. https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/38rgl2/ars_technica_writer_sam_machkovech_wrote_two/ https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/38rgl2/ars_...
- acdha 11y agoDo you have a citation for any of those claims?
- rev_bird 11y agoFirst guess was that this was yet another whiny, obtuse reference to something related to the Gamergate persecution complex that grew out of people for SOME REASON objecting to violent threats and doxxing, google search didn't disappoint: http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/gamergate-critic-posts-death-threat-voicemail-after-inaction-by-prosecutor/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/gamergate-critic-pos... http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/03/that-life-is-over-zoe-quinn-looks-beyond-gamergate/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/03/that-life-is-over-zoe-...
- acdha 11y agoI assumed it was either that or, given his username, all of the trolls whining about Reddit declining to give them a completely unrestricted forum for abuse: http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/reddit-announces-sitewide-effort-to-enforce-new-anti-harassment-rules/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/05/reddit-announces-sit...