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GamerGate - That dumb 2,500 signed card was complete fabrication

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THE EMAILS I had a thought. Maybe a bad one. You tell me: I remember a few years back when Patrick Klepek hit on some tough circumstances we all pitched in to get him a "feel better" gift. Anybody think something like that could be appropriate to address the circumstances that have been forced upon Zoe? Even ifit's not monetary. Maybe a signed, joint letter of support from the Game Journo Pros. I know she's not a member of the group like Patrick was, butI do know that this is part of a broader theme of the industry losing talent to the toxic culture. And that's our business. In my mind, it's a joinit show of solidarity to match the trolls'joint show of force The last thing I think we want is Zoe thinking she's under attack "alone. The brain has a way of convineing you thathttps://medium.com/@andreaszecher/ WHERE WE DID SEE THIS? OH RIGHT, THAT OPEN LETTER TO THE GAMING COMMUNITY. 2500 PEOPLE SIGNED UP! PROBABLY SOME DIDN'T KNEW BUT MOSTLY KNEW THIS AND HELPED. CHECK THE NAMES OF SIGNERS! THE INITIAL 650 NAMES WERE ORIGINAL ONES WHO HELPED silent people are against you. open-letter-to-the-gaming-community-df4511032e8a Andrew Groen, WIRED contributor As the person Im going to assume is the most irrationally optimistic person here, I like this idea. Small bits of kindness can do a lot, even when found in oceans of s---. ARCHIVE IN THE CASE SOMEONE "ACIDENTALLY DELETE THE PAGE https://archive.today/TsOdn (656 ORIGINAL SIGNERS] Dan Starkey, Eurogamer, GameSpot, Joystiq, Kotakuu 1 This is barely a game-industry story, no matter how some people want to frame it. This is a story about a person who happens to be in the game industry and their personal relationships (no matter how it may weave back into "the industry" and however poor the person's judgments may have been) and public expose of private materials by that https://archive.today/fGrzi (2500 SIGNERS] person's partner as revenge, so I don't think we, as games press, should support furthering the story by commenting, editorializing or even allowing others to ruminate on t Andy Eddy who here hasn't slept with a PR person or game developer? #AMIRITE Andreas Zecher on Sep1 William O'Neal, editor-in-chief, TechRadar.com I like the signed letter of support idea. Even better if we can get some developers in on that. Anyone want to volunteer to draft something? RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING OPEN LETTER. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica I'd also suggest that - ifothers think the letter is a good idea - we should do this entirely under the radar, organizing it through word-of-mouth and email rather than Twitter.I made the mistake earlier of publicly voicing support and in doing so drawing more attention to the issue. Id rather not make that mistake again. http://www.madebypixelate.com/ https://twitter.com/andreaszecher https://medium.com/@andreaszecher Andrew Groen, WIRED contributor As sympatheric as I am to the horrible harassment Zoe fadent has http://www.continue-play.com/news/andreas- raised enough questions about the incestuous relationship between press and developers already -Jason Schreier, Kotaku zechers-letter-to-the-gaming-community/ http://cargocollective.com/andreaszecher/ http://www.giantbomb.com/andreas-zecher/3040- Silver lining: Quinn is getting a bunch of new Patreon patrons today, apparently - Kyle Orland, Ars Technica 121414/ 1 would prefer not to be associated with this. It feels wrong to me. I think it fels very off to reach across the fence from journalist to subject in this way. I prefer professional distance, especially given the accusations being levied at us from outside. Mike Futter, Game Informer

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DarklinWolf

Sep 18, 2014 at 11:38PM EDT in reply to Platus

Because this is proof that the very purpose of the letter is a lie.

It's proof that it was never about making video games a less hostile place to promote good will and kind behaviour, but a personal letter of support for a single person.

This isn't a bad thing on it's own, but the context it was used in directly accused us of being harassers and evil misogyinsts when gamers just wanted a voice and some insight into what was going on.

Also doesn't help that the 2,500 number was bloated by friends of friends of developers instead of actual developers when it was publicized as such.

It just puts, yet again, the ethics of their actions into question.

AsexualInnuendo

Sep 19, 2014 at 12:27AM EDT in reply to Platus

Someone from the group shared the e-mails with Milo.
The problem with that "letter" was that some of the names were:
A. People who barely had ties to the industry or ties that were not confirmed
B. People who had actively harassed others
(There are be comments and images here talking about this weeks ago. Before you ask me for evidence)
Some of the e-mails may give credence that some of the names may have been added unwittingly added to the list and that the lsit wasn't made in good faith but in support of Zoe.