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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![File (hide): 1411167643048 ipg (37.89 KB, 818x494, 309:247, chris-moot-poole.jpg) □ one last thing in 'N Out Chef 09/20/14 (Sat) 01:00:43 ID: 3a8 1d No.6054 Last 50 Posts] former mod of Id/ here okay, out of pure respect for what you guys are doing, i will come back one more time to tell you what's really going on. here we go. moot is regaining control of 4chan, but that is not a good thing. he has been brainwashed in a sense. his new girlfriend is a complete SJW and works at gawker media. he is also casual friends now with anita sarkessian after exchanging phone numbers at her panel. she is the reason why gamergate is being purged completely, along with the fact that cracked threatened to write a complete slander article against 4chan and subliminally tell the extremist feminists to force the website down. there was another Skype group chat last night aswell between moot and the remaining moderators. i'm going by what my friend said happened, but moot is convinced that if gamergate is not completely wiped out, 4chan is going to be taken down by feminist hacking groups who have been sending him legit letters to his house. apparently he is putting all of his moderators in extremist positions. they're no longer mods, they're his cronies. the new method to ending gamergate is scare tactics. they're going to find personal information on the leaders of gamergate. they have dox on mundanemat, internetaristocrat (not his fake dox, his legit dox), and nero. they're waiting for the right moment to pounce, create a secure account under hundreds of firewalls, and leak this information, saying that IP's were traced to find the into they want gamergate supporters to completely flee 4chan. they want the supporters to think that they will have their IP traced and they will be doxed if they show their support on 4chan. though they legit have no idea what to do about people with proxies moot has a new site coming up in 2015 aswell. it's apparently in cooperation with tumblr, which already set off red flags in the chat. a mod was fired in that group for simply saying "are you an SJW?" out of pure curiosity he's funding this site right now, yet he has no idea what it's gonna be, he doesn't even have a name. he just wants to leave 4chan behind. either that, or 4chan purges and permanently bans all of the IP addresses who have posted in the gamergate threads, gets rebooted, and becomes completely different. he doesnt know yet. there is something going on, and none of you are crazy for suspecting so. - a former loyal mod for 4chan, 2006-2014](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/833/485/a04.jpg "a04.jpg")
![Relatively new « Reply #729 on: September 18, 2014, 11:00 PM » So...I'm just throw this out there I'll admit that I've haven't the time/energy/inclination to do any deep research into this whole Quinn/Gamergate mess (which also means I'm staying out of the argument as well) but I've read enough to know I simply don't care either way But is anyone else a little disappointed that Cracked have gotten involved in this whole thing in the first place? Did they really have to give Zoe (another) platform to fuel this shitstorm? I'm not saying she shouldn't be speaking out in self-defense, she's more than entitled to, just as I'm entitled to shrug my shoulders and go download some p--- instead of getting emotionally invested in this (which ALOT of people are doing for reasons I can't comprehend) If life gives you lemons...you should It's just click bait, right? We're adults here, we can be honest. 1.1 million views and 11,000 comments in 3 days (considering probably make most articles are lucky to break 500,000 views and 1k comments over the space of 4+ years) is an insane amount of traffic some life changes... and I can't help but feel that whole thing is a blatant and deliberate hunt for attention. And yeah, I know that sites like this rely on ads to bring in money, and that's why we put up with the pop-up ads, and the border ads, and the whole splitting- a-5-point-article-into-5-page-article-even-though-the-entire-article-fits-easily-into-2-pages-thing, so l'll put up with that that stuff, because I like Cracked. Hell, maybe even love it. (Or maybe l just love Soren, I don't know, it's complicated, alright? DON'T YOU JUDGE ME DAMMIT!) My point is, I'm disappointed in you Cracked. I come here to learn about insane comic book stuff, drunken presidents and learn about all the hörrible things trying to kill me on my way to work (I live in Australia, where at one point ignorance used to be bliss..not anymore), not stand back and watch you quys fuel another pointless flame war. And yeah, I read the intro to her article written by (I assume, forgive me if I'm wrong) David, all that told me is that even he thought it was a waste of time discussing it, which simply baffles me even more as to why he gave the go ahead You could have just ignored it and stuck to what you guys are normally do instead of giving more attention to something that simply doesn't deserve it. So there. That's my 2 cents. I'm not going to say" I'm leaving forever, you guys suck, you used to be cool" stuff, because that's not true, I'll be here tomorrow, quietly hoping for another Bucholz self help article, but still.. -1 respect point (You could always bring Seanbaby back full time and earn +10 respect points... just saying...) Administrator « Reply #730 on: September 18, 2014, 11:07 PM » Karma: 4264 WHY DO SO MANY OF THE POSTS IN THIS THREAD JUST READ IN MY HEAD AS FART NOISES ine am Crac Facebook. Executive Editor David Wong, I just wrote a er er ul Purveyor of D--- Jokes « Reply #731 on: September 18, 2014, 11:08 PM » Waaaaaah, cracked, I liked you more when you didn't give down-trodden females a voice. Poor male me Karma: 122 ine YOUR Sev, let it be known that you really are diabolical HERE is message has been Find the truth, don't expect it. you Rubber stamp Relatively new « Reply #734 on: September 18, 2014, 11:26 PM » ine a3aaaah, cradked, I liked didn't give down-trodden females a voice. Poor male me That's what you took from my post? I don't care if she's a down-trodden female, a highly experienced Gulf war tank commander, or some sort of talking cactus-MP3 player hybrid, surely, SURELY, Cracked could have used the time and space used for Zoe's article for something even remotely useful There are enough douchebags and white knights involved is the whole thing as it is, right? If life gives you lemons...you should probably make otsani Relatively new e: Zoe Quinn Article Discussion « Reply #737 on: September 18, 2014, 11:34 PM » Karma:-8 waaaaaah。araoed. I liked more when ive females s voice. Poor male me s what you took from my post? I don't care if she's a down-trodden female, a highly experienced Gulf war tank commander, or some sort of talking cactus-MP3 player hybrid, surely, SURELY uld have used the time and space used for Zoe's article for something even remotely useful are douchebags and white kni involved is the whole thing as it i THERE. RIGHT THERE. DUDE. YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE F--- it, I have no Using the term "white knight" is a dead /b/tard giveaway. Just... f--- off, would you? Please? You idiots are so goddamn boring.* rofessorlight Sir Postsalot icle Discussi e: Zoe Quin « Reply #739 on: September 18, 2014, 11:44 PM » Karma:86 Well, this was a particularly shoddy attempt to pass off for a non-channer, I mean, you could have at least put some heart into it, like your buddies from before... where's the motivation? where's the passion? where are the arguments, the Mighty ung capitalists (or whatever their name was, I didn't really catch it), the escapist, Internet aristocrat, the C----, the terally who's, and the An hero's you guys love so much? And you want to win an internet oscar? Such a shoddy performance is not worthy of a seal, even A sweep That one's not for you. See what you're missing? 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