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, @10:28PM
That's why social justice warrior is a good term to have. It allows you to separate proactive feminists from whiny loser feminists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:35PM
> That's why social justice warrior is a good term to have. It allows you to separate proactive feminists from whiny loser feminists.
That's odd. I use it to identify whiny loser misogynists and racists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:38PM
> That's odd. I use it to identify whiny loser misogynists and racists.
That's ok. Everybody makes mistakes [reddit.com].