Topic: What is #GamerGate about

It all started when a female indie game developer's ex-boyfriend made allegations that one of her game's review scores was earned by bribing the reviewer with a relationship. It then turned into concern over feminism being oversensitive, the equivalent of the political correctness argument if you will, which is almost always used as a conservative's race card these days. And so it gained traction and people starting rallying for each side until people started hearing it from all sorts of biased angles, causing them to lose it bind by haste and anger. Knowing the volatile tendencies of politics over the internet, it involved not just cynicism and anger, but death threats, harassment, misogyny, racism, hacking vigilantes, and people who weren't even gamers in the first place. Yeah, so much for any legitimacy in that argument. Even if you wholeheartedly agree with it, I highly advise you to avoid going under that title. The simple association with it would cause unwanted stigma.

That's why I say regardless of what happened can we all stop and ask ourselves "What the hell am I saying right now, and to who, and why?" The ones spreading vitriol need to stop and think to themselves why they're going so overboard as to even make rape accusations in some cases, though I doubt the ones going that far have any hope left in them. One can hope and pray that the FBI steps in in one of the few occasions where I would encourage them to take action over what's said over the internet. Some of those individuals need some counseling, and need to go back and see what they're leaving behind.

The problem is there isn't multiple sources in the same way for games as other types of news or even other stuff like film or music.

There is loads of stuff that can be done to reduce bias (Even that I was taught as part of History 20 years ago - I am sure there are better ways that journalists are taught) they choose to do none of them.

@Vincent294 - Ah, Another story that will be passed into legend, told by the Gamer Tribes of Proto-New-Earth, along with the grand tales of Gaben the Code Master, the daring acts of Anonymous, and EVO 2004's "The Battle of The Beast". Though I suppose this bard's tale would be labeled as a tragedy.

Going on Twitter the past 2 months has been the equivalent of seeing people senselessly murder each other, so this is a fair comparison.

Guys, you want to stay out of this whole mess. It is the worst thing, you will be a less happy person afterwards. I am not even kidding.

It's that %$@^$#^ing thing that won't gtfo of my twitter feed.

Seriously, this.

hey guys, let others deal with their own dirty laundry, please and thank you. if you still need more info about this topic, try Google. that's what it's there for. :3