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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: 1) by tnt118 on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:42PM
This was the article I first came across that tried to break it down:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/6/6901013/whats-happening-in-gamergate [theverge.com]
As for my thoughts, extremist opinions on any subject are rarely constructive. Both sides are "led" by a core that does not represent the group as a whole. They're both using labels to group people together and denouncing the entirety of said group without regard to the merits of their arguements. Extremists in the gamergate camp have more than their fair share of trolls. Extremists among the SJH's are denouncing bullying/abuse/threats with... bullying, abuse and threats.
In the bigger picture there are valid points of concern from both sides. But that's not what they are arguing about anymore. Gamergate is no longer abourt gamergate, it's about people's reactions to gamergate. And nothing constructive can ever come from that.
I think I like it here.