#GameOverGate (with images, tweets) · strictmachine (AND TWO VIDEOS AT THE END):
Zoe Quinn blows #GamerGate wide open.HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.
Zoe “Social Justice Rogue” Quinn has been lurking in 4Chan’s raiding IRC channels the last couple of weeks, gathering chat logs.
Turns out, the ENTIRETY of #GamerGate was completely manufactured by 4channers, and they played EVERYONE that joined in on the #GamerGate tag and the #NotMyShield tag. Everyone. None of it was true.
Favorite tweet from this?
I make video games, did y’all really think I didn’t know how the internet works?
well this is way fucking scarier than anything else, and damn there’s enough evidence to convince me it’s true and that i was wrong in not believing zoe quinn. if she didn’t abuse anyone she hasn’t done anything wrong – video game journalism is still, however, bullshit.
the only thing i wanna see is that the other person had video evidence of what was supposedly their former chat logs, any kind of actual video stuff in terms of evidence would even the playing field. either way this is horrifying and really fucking scary
welp i’m sold, 4chan fooled me and is scary as hell.
Yep. It’s scary as hell, and I’ve been seeing it unfold for the past month and a half, and it’s enough to scare women out of game development, and they’ve also been driving out freelance journalists (also women) as well.
And Zoe’s going to be uploading a vid that one of her friends took while her tumblr was attacked.
god SO many people fell for this shit
this is so wild
Ironically, #gamergate is a more appropriate name than ever.
But in case there was any question of it being about anything but ‘drive out the women gamers before they can make male gamers 2nd class citizens,’ Zoe Quinn has shared some excerpts from her past few weeks of IRC information-gathering on the people organizing this whole farce. As you can see, behind all the public noise, there’s been an organized effort to target high-profile women in the gaming industry, whip up and manipulate mobs against them, smear their reputations, ruin their careers, and if possible drive them out of the industry.
There are always rumors about Anonymous and other groups pulling crap like this, but I think a lot of people don’t quite believe that it actually happens. The internet is a truly crazy place sometimes.
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