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Re:Did the early internet activists blow it? by Mirioron on Saturday February 15, 2020 @08:29PM (#22339253)
>the aforementioned "oh, hmm, that lady has opinions about video games, let's try real hard to destroy her life" dreck that the various chans indulge in when they're bored

What are you referring to when you say this? Because if you're referring to Gamergate then that's quite a mischaracterization. I'm not saying that bad things weren't done during it, but it wasn't about hating on women in video games.

And aren't most swatting incidents unrelated to chans? Mostly it seems to have been about people getting angry at one another playing video games or related to streamers of video games. Does that make Twitch complicit?

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Re:Did the early internet activists blow it? by fl0wenol on Sunday February 16, 2020 @01:43AM (#22340199)
>but it wasn't about hating on women in video games.

Are you saying it was about integrity in video games journalism?

I wish I could express a figurative glance over the top of my reading glasses without an image macro.

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Re:Did the early internet activists blow it? by Mirioron on Sunday February 16, 2020 @11:29PM (#22345615)
To some degree? Sure. But if it truly was about hating women talking about video games for being women, then how come some of the idols of the movement were women themselves? If it's all about misogyny then shouldn't they hate people like mombot just the same? This is why I said that it's a mischaracterization.
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