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by fredfoobar42 3750 days ago
Because it did, when Zoe Quinn's ex-boyfriend posted on /v/ to get people to start harassing her.
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Thanks. I should have just read the wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

> Quinn's former boyfriend, published the "Zoe Post", [...] The post was linked on 4chan,

Just FYI, reading the wikipedia article is a really bad idea. A variety of fanatics, political obsessives and involved administrators have been squatting on it for months; it's a dumpster fire.