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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: 1) by jmorris on Monday November 10 2014, @08:38AM
Although the summary went out of the way to avoid the hashtag, this is about #GamerGate so account banning is just part of the stupid establishment type folk's way of fanning the flames and ensuring the controversy doesn't die out. That is pretty much what started it in reality. It was a tempest in a teapot until 4chan went on an account banning spree. Think about that, 4chan, the infamous hive of scum and villany known for decades as the worst place on the Internet decides to start banning accounts by the thousand to shut down a nasty rumor and some fanboys snarking about it. Raise your hand if you didn't see the only reaction possible would be epic nerd rage. Doh!
It isn't paranoia when they are out to get ya. Especially when thousands of people have accounts very publicly banned. The is that very banning that gives them the sense that they are the righteous and 'the man' has to be afraid of their efforts because they wouldn't be flailing around with the banhammer otherwise. They are already marginalized outcasts, oppressing them only unifies and strengthens their resolve.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Monday November 10 2014, @03:05PM
"Help help, I'm being repressed! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, didn't you?"
Saying "if you're going to talk like that, you aren't doing it here" is different from "being out to get ya". Being out to get ya would involve, say, a semi-organized effort to share information on exactly where to find you with those who have been threatening to rape or murder you. And then doing the same thing to others who spoke up in your defense.
There's a difference between epic nerd rage (e.g. taking a sledgehammer to your computer in anger) and threatening or carrying out real-world violence against those who you're raging against. It's not like if somebody killed Felicia Day or Anita Sarkeesian, she'd just respawn 60 seconds later at a rally point.
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