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>GamerGate has, as a movement, systematically refused to decry the harassment or take any kind of practical steps to curb it As somebody that has watched GG fr
by commandar 12y ago
>GamerGate has, as a movement, systematically refused to decry the harassment or take any kind of practical steps to curb it
As somebody that has watched GG from the outside out of fascination, I don't think this point is true and I think think it points to a broader problem online that I feel is becoming increasingly troubling - a failure to recognize that trolls are attracted to conflict and not necessarily representative of anyone on either side of an issue.
What practical steps to curb the actions of anonymous internet trolls would you have considered sufficient?
- ijk 12y agoActually policing the movement and coming up with a coherent manifesto would be a good start. There's a lot more they'd have to do, but they've consistently refused to even consider trying it.
- commandar 12y agoThis is kind of what I mean. This seems like shifting goal posts to me. They had the whole harassment patrol thing on Twitter which I found sort of silly, personally, but I don't know how that would be described other than an effort of some sort. I certainly wouldn't call it an abject refusal to even try. Like I said, I think it's a larger problem of shitty behavior on the internet in general, and I don't think anyone has a real solution at this point. I find it unfortunate that people use that behavior as an excuse to talk past each other.
- Karunamon 12y agoAs mentioned in my previous post, with citations, this is plainly untrue.