Atheist vlogger Thunderf00t reports that Jordan Owen, Slade Villena, and Mykeru were "all suspended from twitter for no reason." Jordan Owen is the co-producer of the documentary The Sarkeesian Effect, a critique of the methods of controversial vlogger Anita Sarkeesian. Mykeru is the producer of The Block Bot and the Dumbification of the Beeb, a critique of the BBC Newsnight segment "Talking to the Twitter Trolls and those Who Study them". Slade Villena is a former writer for Gamasutra and the founder of indie game developer Rogue Star Games.
Thunderf00t himself was suspended from Twitter for two weeks in September for unclear reasons. At that time Twitter had also banned the account of "The Camera Lady", the researcher for a video series accusing award-winning developer Phil Fish and the Independent Games Festival of racketeering.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 10 2014, @04:29AM
Slade Villena: Because it’s weaponized political speech; misogyny is an extremely hot button topic in the developed world, it incites an automatic reaction with common folk. Inciting and politicizing #GamerGate with misogyny is an effective disinformation tool; as it goes with false rape accusations against individuals, accusations of “homosexuality” “pedophilia” against clergy & school teachers. The language is a weapon. It is losing its effectiveness. They are losing because I have weaponized my language, and many other indie game devs like me, who have been silenced, isolated and vilified by industry cliques. They are losing because they keep using the same weapons, the same megaphones, and no one is buying it anymore.
Well played, twitter. Bye bye Slade.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 10 2014, @06:17AM
I do not see why that rational train of thought is enough to denounce and ban someone unequivocally. That you chose to post such a quote and praise the decision without proper grammar let alone any thought yourself is very disheartening.
If you disagree, show reasoning. Don't just denounce, ignore, and silence. The western world mostly stopped doing that in the middle ages and we are far better off for it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 10 2014, @04:13PM
You don't follow politics much, do you? Have you even seen the ads on TV?