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In this case, Mike Isaac, the original writer, seems to have a good amount of domain expertise, as starting last week he has been posting frequently on Reddit i

by comex 11y ago

In this case, Mike Isaac, the original writer, seems to have a good amount of domain expertise, as starting last week he has been posting frequently on Reddit in an official role, discussing/answering questions about his reporting on the site. (Also claims to have been a redditor for five years, presumably on some other account.) Oddly, all of his official account's posts have been in the GamerGate subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/user/MikeIsaac https://www.reddit.com/user/MikeIsaac

anon3_ 11y ago
Good catch. Up until now, no one has pointed out the article eerily resembles the tones that began GamerGate. The more you look at it, the more it appears to be a deliberate troll to highlight the irony of injecting identity politics into journalism. He's a trojan horse. https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/ https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... Also, so called "anti-gamer gaters" don't simply go off and offer AMA's to "gamergaters". Anti-GG's modus operandi is to cast aside any discussion as misogyny or harassment. Both sides harass each other, unfortunately.
- Globrazu 11y ago
  It's funny that a writer for the New York Times is apparently tainted because he held an AMA. An AMA which he held deliberately vague and where he made various of the claims that critics of "GamerGate" make to begin with, for which he was amply downvoted at times: https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/csz7nt3 https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/cszag9b https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/csz7phw https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... Again, what does this say about an ideology that sees someone writing for a giant publication as "tainted" simply for posting in a certain Subreddit, even if he largely agrees with them?

by comex 11y ago

anon3_ 11y ago

Good catch. Up until now, no one has pointed out the article eerily resembles the tones that began GamerGate. The more you look at it, the more it appears to be a deliberate troll to highlight the irony of injecting identity politics into journalism. He's a trojan horse. https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/ https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... Also, so called "anti-gamer gaters" don't simply go off and offer AMA's to "gamergaters". Anti-GG's modus operandi is to cast aside any discussion as misogyny or harassment. Both sides harass each other, unfortunately.

Globrazu 11y ago
It's funny that a writer for the New York Times is apparently tainted because he held an AMA. An AMA which he held deliberately vague and where he made various of the claims that critics of "GamerGate" make to begin with, for which he was amply downvoted at times: https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/csz7nt3 https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/cszag9b https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_mike_isaac_the_new_york_times_reporter/csz7phw https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3cur16/im_m... Again, what does this say about an ideology that sees someone writing for a giant publication as "tainted" simply for posting in a certain Subreddit, even if he largely agrees with them?