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Brianna Wu, head of the independent gaming studio Giant Spacekat, was the target of a series of tweets containing death threats on Friday; one published her home address (since redacted). The poster's Twitter account has been disabled.
Wu responded on Friday night with the tweet:
Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal
The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe.
Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women.
GamerGate supporters denounced the threats and "doxxing" against Wu and disavowed the poster. However, several suspected that the tweets were a false flag created by anti-GamerGate forces:
Sun Knight @SunKnightO
@Sen_Armstrong @Spacekatgal @chatterwhiteman It's clearly either a troll or false flag shame that people actually think its legit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @03:30PM
In case you want to know what exactly prompted the death threats and what other reactions the #Gamergate misogynists had, here is a link for you:
http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2014/10/11/yet-another-woman-in-gaming-has-been-driven-from-her-home-by-death-threats/comment-page-1/#comments [wehuntedthemammoth.com]
Short version: Wu criticized #Gamergate on Twitter. Wu's fan made memes of Wu's comments. Wu liked the memes and posted them on Twitter-> MASSIVE HATRED.
I rather doubt all those nasty counter memes were made by a single person. Apparently a lot of people on 8chan were involved.
(Posting this anonymously just to be safe.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @03:36PM
Don't wake sleeping bears?
Best advice I can think of.
It would be nice if everyone online would be civil, but the other half of that is don't go around looking for a fight.
You'll find one every time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @03:38PM
How do you know "allot of people" were involved?
Or are you just sepeculating/being a dumbass?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @04:06PM
Try reading the linked article, which has screenshots.
Yeah, maybe a single person on 8chan made 60+ pages worth of abusive memes on memegenerator. Yeah, maybe the reason there are now fewer of those memes on memegenerator's page is that they were a lie (even though it would have been easy to check at the time and people would have noticed it) and not because the memes were reported for violating terms of service. Yeah, maybe dudebros never do anything wrong and it's all the fault of those evil women, always. Yeah, right.
P.S. It's "a lot" instead of "allot".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @04:51PM
Because one dedicated person could never create multiple accounts or posts.
Why not simply name everyone involved since your so well informed?
Neither you nor I know how many are/were involved.
The difference is I don't go around making up shit, aka lying to prove a point.
Don't go around assuming if you don't know.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:54PM
Like that Tork guy. I'm convinced he's behind every Anonymous Coward post on this site.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:09PM
I think you could be right about a lot of the AC comments. Not all of us are Tork, but it is possible that a lot of the AC comments are from him.
Tork himself admitted in a past comment [soylentnews.org] to posting as Tork and as Anonymous Coward, and to doing so in order to be disruptive:
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:16PM
Tork whistleblowing on Tork!
Now we know Snowden is actually Tork! You can quote me on that Tork. Or wait, you can quote Tork on that Tork!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:26PM
Please be careful while blowing your own whistle, Tork! If you don't do it right you could seriously injure your neck and your spine.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:34PM
Going by that exact quote that you've used at least 5 times now, I know that you're the guy that thinks everyone is Tork. You've called me Tork more times than I can count, but you keep insisting. Therefore, I'll just agree with you. EVERYONE IS TORK!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @08:11PM
It's an interesting quote. It is indisputable proof that Tork likely is posting as Tork and as Anonymous Coward. It backs up the claim that many Anonymous Coward comments here are from Tork.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @11:15PM
So because he posted as AC once, every AC post is by him? Thats one of the dumbest things you've tried to claim, and that's saying something.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @01:07AM
No, not every AC post. Just most of them.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday October 13 2014, @02:39AM
For the record I have been away for nearly a week and haven't posted at all. Whatever Tork you've been chatting with, it wasn't me. :)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @02:42AM
You haven't used your Tork account for a week, but you've still be here posting as AC? That's just what I thought!
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday October 13 2014, @02:48AM
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