#Gamergate

So...what? We've suddenly taken it upon ourselves to snuff out the entirety of bias in the media?

So, we should allow these people to continue with business as usual, since bias is okay? If Gaming Journalism was based around lies and bias then that would be acceptable, but people read the pomegranate and give a pomegranate because these people are supposed to give an educated unbiased review of how the game was. These reviews do affect game popularity somewhat, and people talk with each other to spread the word about "good" games. "Good" games get better reviews. When your sex life, and NOT you're game nets your game being called "good" then there is a problem.


You're brushing off the severity of how bias can affect media basically.

...And therefore I'm the scum of the earth who is undeserving of most common decencies? The entire internet must now band together to subject me to the entirety of their wrath because I may have written a review about a single video game with some amount of bias.

Again, you're brushing off the affect of bias in media. No one was calling you scum of the Earth. However, people want things to improve in Gaming Journalism and the Gaming Industry in general. That's not possible when people like Zoe Quinn and those she slept with affect the gaming industry how they did. I mean, it wasn't just one sexual favor. It wasn't just two sexual favors either. That's why people are getting so pissed! It's like she's planned out who she will sleep with in order to strategically get what she wants accomplished. There is something morally and ethically wrong with that when you get down to it. I'm not sure why you can't see this or accept that something needs to happen because of this.

Also, this won't be the last time you hear about Zoe Quinn, or those she slept with. She'll continue to do it, since it nets her attention and furthers her goals.

(didnt mean to pom your post, trying to hit the reply button, and I'm not going to upvote it, just for clarity).

And you're acting as if she isn't the biproduct of harassing other people either with her extremist ideology. And just because it is a byproduct, doesn't actually take away from the original inquiry. We can't control everyone's actions, but we confidently say we discouraged that harassment, in order to discuss a bigger issue. We can control the message of a group which is we want professionals to be held accountable for actions that are deemed inappropriate and their clear assault on the base that feeds them. Gamergate doesn't represent those who harass zoe quin, like zoe quinn doesn't represent;

A) Those who sent death threats to gamergate individuals
B) Made the creator of #notyourshield lose his job from uncontrolled harassment of the company
C) Had syringes mailed to gamergate supporters saying for them to kill themselves
D) DDOSING escapist for being transparent.

Or does she?

Exactly. I don't know why anyone would want to stop people from acting or fighting back when Zoe Quinn and her cronies were the ones to start this and cause damage. She caused the pomegranate-storm on GamerGate, made someone lose their job, and affected people's lives negatively in general. She didn't even stop after the GamerGate issue. This shows she is not willing to back down on her idiocy and to stop manipulating people in the industry. If nothing were to happen to her, it sets an example for others to pull the same pomegranate without repercussions.