Gamergate started with “The Zoe Post”, not the removal of jailbait.
“The Zoe Post” is a hit piece from an Ex-boyfriend of game developer Zoe Quinn that alleged that she slept with a notable game reviewer to get positive reviews for her game. Said reviewer never actually reviewed her game.
Please don’t re-write the history of these events. Especially since jailbait had been removed for around a year when “The Zoe Post” dropped.
I vividly remeber this time period and witnessing these events unfold live. I lost a good deal of people I considered friends at the time due to the misogyny that rose out.
You’re right though, gamergate followers were radicalized by what we now know as the “Alt-right”.
Rationalwiki is not a good source. Like, at all. Do you really trust a bunch of “bestiality is OK” libertarians to have a good take on anything? Also I wouldn’t be surprised if those were the same people who started gamergate as that’s absolutely the propagandized timeline of gamergaters.
EDIT: Yeah i’m actually glad we had this conversation. I never would have made that connection on my own.
TBH, I never dug into rational wiki. However the timeline is fairly accurate from what I watched what happened to my friends both in the game industry and my former friends that were gamers (hint, i worked in games when this shit was unfolding).
Unfortunately, no other “timeline” source exists, with Wikipedia starting its paragraphs of history with Zoe Quinn creating Depression Quest, and many many other articles starting there as well. Some people like to attribute a slightly earlier event of a handful of journalists critiquing gamers over their reactions to the Mass Effect 3 ending, but that doesn’t really fit with how quickly things snowballed after “The Zoe Post”.
Gamergate started with “The Zoe Post”, not the removal of jailbait.
“The Zoe Post” is a hit piece from an Ex-boyfriend of game developer Zoe Quinn that alleged that she slept with a notable game reviewer to get positive reviews for her game. Said reviewer never actually reviewed her game.
Please don’t re-write the history of these events. Especially since jailbait had been removed for around a year when “The Zoe Post” dropped.
Every time. Gamergate never died, it’s supporters just went into hiding.
I stand against gamergate buddy.
Your timeline of events and triggers are off though.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Gamergate
I vividly remeber this time period and witnessing these events unfold live. I lost a good deal of people I considered friends at the time due to the misogyny that rose out.
You’re right though, gamergate followers were radicalized by what we now know as the “Alt-right”.
Rationalwiki is not a good source. Like, at all. Do you really trust a bunch of “bestiality is OK” libertarians to have a good take on anything? Also I wouldn’t be surprised if those were the same people who started gamergate as that’s absolutely the propagandized timeline of gamergaters.
EDIT: Yeah i’m actually glad we had this conversation. I never would have made that connection on my own.
TBH, I never dug into rational wiki. However the timeline is fairly accurate from what I watched what happened to my friends both in the game industry and my former friends that were gamers (hint, i worked in games when this shit was unfolding).
Unfortunately, no other “timeline” source exists, with Wikipedia starting its paragraphs of history with Zoe Quinn creating Depression Quest, and many many other articles starting there as well. Some people like to attribute a slightly earlier event of a handful of journalists critiquing gamers over their reactions to the Mass Effect 3 ending, but that doesn’t really fit with how quickly things snowballed after “The Zoe Post”.