Although the piece was written by an (ex?) “progressive”, it seems like a pretty accurate (if overanalyzed, but we’re talking game journalism culture and feminist intersectionalists here, so kinda comes with the territory) and thorough presentation of the issue that tries to be fair to both sides (and tends to be more honest because of it).
There are probably ‘better’ articles on the issue, but I likely filed this one because it includes a lot of detail, which usually overcomes the bias of the moment in which it was written.
In any case, the model was a direct precursor:
Hide collusion < suppress criticism < create artificial controversy around a separate victim stance issue to distract from real problem < false flag < artificial outrage < consensus shaping < reframing as a ‘safety issue’ < outright censorship and deplatforming < smug revisionist history-telling.
Gamer-gate was the world’s big introduction to ‘online hate-speech’ as some kind of real-world threat and ‘incel’ shaming as a virtue signal
Gamer-gate was a pre-curser of the suppression model Reddshit used
https://humanevents.com/2019/08/21/the-real-history-of-gamergate/
May I ask why you say that?
Although the piece was written by an (ex?) “progressive”, it seems like a pretty accurate (if overanalyzed, but we’re talking game journalism culture and feminist intersectionalists here, so kinda comes with the territory) and thorough presentation of the issue that tries to be fair to both sides (and tends to be more honest because of it).
There are probably ‘better’ articles on the issue, but I likely filed this one because it includes a lot of detail, which usually overcomes the bias of the moment in which it was written.
In any case, the model was a direct precursor: Hide collusion < suppress criticism < create artificial controversy around a separate victim stance issue to distract from real problem < false flag < artificial outrage < consensus shaping < reframing as a ‘safety issue’ < outright censorship and deplatforming < smug revisionist history-telling.
Gamer-gate was the world’s big introduction to ‘online hate-speech’ as some kind of real-world threat and ‘incel’ shaming as a virtue signal
‘Progressives’ gotta progres!