Basically, any women in tech who can be targeted will be targeted by Gamergate because that's what they do. GamerGate is basically a rentamob of misogynistic thugs. It's toxic.
(Whether it's just misogynistic thugs exploiting the GamerGate label doesn't really matter. To all intents are purposes, they are GamerGate now.)
There was quite a good BuzzFeed story on the larger picture of what's going on.
"She's been viciously attacked in Breitbart, a far right-wing site that championed GamerGate's hounding of women in tech."
How about you give links to these "vicious attacks" so people can actually look at them and make up their own opinions, it's not like they contain any proof that anyone is a serial harasser:
I went back and counted, there are 6 mentions of GamerGate (not including the tag) and all of them are anecdotal references by FreeBSDGirl. In fact, the primary article in question (the guy that wants to legalize rape) doesn't mention GamerGate at all, or even remotely allude to it.
P.S. Thanks for the downvote rather than a reply. It really shows your willingness to talk about issues and not just jump to conclusions...
Maybe I need to read a bit better. I don't deny that they are different people, but I guess I thought the linked article was more important than just a side comment.
http://blog.randi.io/2015/04/03/swated/
She's been viciously attacked in Breitbart, a far right-wing site that championed GamerGate's hounding of women in tech.
She also created a useful tool to block GamerGate hate attacks on Twitter. It's the sort of thing a lot of women could use.
http://europe.newsweek.com/one-womans-new-tool-stop-gamergat...
Basically, any women in tech who can be targeted will be targeted by Gamergate because that's what they do. GamerGate is basically a rentamob of misogynistic thugs. It's toxic.
(Whether it's just misogynistic thugs exploiting the GamerGate label doesn't really matter. To all intents are purposes, they are GamerGate now.)
There was quite a good BuzzFeed story on the larger picture of what's going on.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/in-2015-the-dark-for...