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, @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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