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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Search WIKIPEDIA The Free Encyclopedia Gamergate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikimedia Shop Interaction This article is about a type of ant. For the 2014 video game culture controversy, see Gamergate controversy. A gamergate is a reproductively viable female worker ant that is able to reproduce with mature males when the colony is lacking a queen. Most commonly occurring within the primitive species of the poneromorph subfamilies, gamergate females differ from their fellow workers by a combination of elevated fecundity and aggression-related mutilation of competitors' secondary sexual characteristics. Subsequent to their first mating event, however, aggression is no longer needed as females secrete chemical signals that lead the workers to accept their role as reproducers for the colony Gamergates exist in colonies with winged and ergatoid queens as well as singly in monogynous colonies and alongside other reproductively viable gamergates in polygynous colonies. Most gamergate species are solitary generalist foragers living in arid environments. Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Lateral view of a female Pachycondyla berthoudi worker, the ant for which the term "gamergate" was originally coined Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Overview Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Wikidata item Cite this page 2.1 Caste structure 2.2 Social structure variation and ecology 3 Classification dispute 4 Genera with gamergates 5 See also 6 References Print/export Etymology fedit Create a book Download as PDF Printable version The term gamergate derives from the Greek words γαμ0 gámos and εργατη ergátēs and means married worker. "It was coined in 1983 by geneticist William L. Brownl1l and was first used in scientific literature by entomologists Christian Peeters and Robin Crewe in a 1984 paper published in Naturwissenschaften.2 The definition ynically found in entomological dictionaries is mated eaa-laving worker "3]4] and is drawn from the glossary of Bert Hälldobler andF O Wilson's 1ggo Languages](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/848/616/892.png "Am I doing this right?")
![So l saw this post on /r/KotakulnAction and decided to see how Ir/GamerGhazi would react to the same kind of questions as you can see they dont seem to like it... /r/KotakulnAction t GamerGhazi Some questio 149 comments Kotaku!nAction 1 day ago by thoraw ▼ 6 hours ago by pro-gg-throwaway I am not I am not looking for you to change my mind, I just want to hear som e answer from you. oyou to 1) Can you provide proof of harassment of GGers based on the fact that 1) Can you provide proof that the harrasment and threats of @spacekatgal and @femfreq was done by 2) What do you think about the pro-gg people being 3) What do you think about the women supporting 2) Why is it ou call it af 3) What is 4chan's involvement with the GG movement? Did they create it and #notyourshield? So you dont have proof? It could have been ne? Maybe trolls? points 1 day ago 1. Yeah: here's a tumblr full of them http: Delvaris Gubmint GunGrabber 4 points 6 hours ago 1. No, I'm sure it was done to them because of their winning personality and had nothing to do with their 2. Most of us dont, although we do feel their pinning it on an open hashtag that any body can be in is immoral. We've nt that is people that di 2. I think it's super s-----. Nobody should be harassed over 8chan and then admitting to it in the same thread that they are going to use it as proof we hate women, without them I also don't think it's in terms of volume. I think claims otherwise are manifestly 4chan has very little power over #gamergate and #notyourshield. The starter of #notyourshield was accused of being a sockpuppet account, but provided proof he was real. Oddly enough, the account that accused him of it, A Girl Irl was actually a legit sockpuppet made by a male SA goon who was very anti-gg. The starter of #gamergate was Adam Baldwin, I doubt 4chan has power over him or 3. That's fine? Unlike Gamergate I don't have an issue withUnlike gamergate?? Just look at the votes on each question You may not but the rest of the subreddit does people who have dissenting opinions. Main rule is no pro-gg shilling. I hope you enjoyed my answers in the short time before your s--- gets deleted. No shilling No discussion StandWithLilith 1 point 5 hours ago No, I'm sure it was done to them because of their inning personality and had nothing to do with their Also, the irony in a real minority of beina fake is hilarious. le that disagree That's exactly it. Who the f--- do you think harassec them, it's not a f------ coincidence that these people just re redpilledredditor Social Justice Wamior 3 points 5 hours ago Dude this whole mess started with the harassment and doxxing of ZQ. Her f------ nudes where hacked and is was all done on 4 doxxed? And this harassment towards all these people has all taken place during this crap, and targeted the the exact people gamergaters are obsessed with. Jesus f------ christ dude. Imean...are you kidding me? do you think 5 hours ago 1) Can you provide proof that the harrasment and threats Brianna Wu was threatened shortly after her doxx was that it was from GamerGate is the most valid. admission, mention GamerGate at least once. And even if they didn't, the fact that GamerGate frequently aligns itself with the ant-Sarkeeslan brigade should at least ralse What do you think about the pr o-gg people being So its bad but not as bad as the stuff happening to the people on your side It's awful, but it's not equivalent. GG's reponse to their or 3) What do you think about the women supporting meaningless. Women can, in fact, work to the n's rights. There were women who age, for crying Social Justice Gla.. 3 points 5 hours ago same as above t On your last point, Ill just leave this: Missepus 1 point 4 hours ago 1) Can you provide proof that the harrasment and threats of No, I leave it to the correct authorities to investigate. There is a strong correlation and logic indicates causation, but I have no evidence. As for my personal belief. I don't think its 2) What do you think about the pro gg people being 3) What do you think about the women supporting From what I saw of the three women on Huffington Post, enthusiastic about their compatriots, and quite loyal Slothsrightsactivist Psy-ops Specialist 2 points 3 hours ago are Random statement without reason looking for poit6hours And GG are the ones against discussion? Iam not That's good, I don't have the slightest interest in educating [deleted] -2 points 5 hours ago Anonymous Tue 02 Sep 2014 23:59:14 No.261347271 Report Oucled By: 2134742926 1347529261347843 261347833 281347997 26134044 hat do you think about the pro-gg people being And demand the SJWs stop using you as a shield to deflect genuine crticism GG was not started for harassment someone cailing you a mean name on Twitter can not be compared to an organization that was founded to harass hat do you think about the women supporting what is "the above screen shof" that shg nackt is talking about? so that people wouldn't question their motives it doesn't i think its zoe in a bar she has 4chinz on screen through ignorance and/or buying into the journalistic an, are few among the sock puppets and compose of the ty of the tag's another 4chan account posting on t 1 hour ago te 1. Occam's razor. Anita also says that one of the threats did explicitly mention GG. You may not believe her, but she actually has a pretty good track record of telling the truth about these things. You've been burned before by doubting her, why stick your hand in the fire again? She most likely cannot release more details of the threats because they are evidence in an ongoing FBI investigation, but she also has a No proof, just sayin the timing was wein Giving fair reasons why FemFreq shouldnt wouldnt lie 2. I think it's awful, and I don't deny that they likely came from people who are anti-GG. Anyone in GG who gets threatened should contact the police so they can investigate. If there is anything I personally can do to help the people who have been threatened, let me know. I would be happy to o as well as assist in any police investigation should I have any useful i Finaly someone willing to admit that there are bad roup 3. I believe that women are fully capable of making their own decisions. I don't agree with them, but that's okay. Im to make my own SuchPowerfulAlly [M) A Lesser Baldwin 1 point 20 minutes ago erally one rule](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/848/612/0da.png "GamerGhazi's response to the same situation")
![↑ [-] ithinkineedanap 36 points 3 hours ago And those guys are still head and shoulders over the blog news. I remember when Gamergate hit and all these people were totally outraged that "journalists" who worked for sites whose entire revenue stream came from companies whose products they reviewed, were biased! who would have thunk it? 100% ad supported news is always biased. It can't help but be, because you the viewer are the product being sold, not the news People weren't surprised, they just decided to start doing something about it after there appeared to be a coordinated smear campaign against their own audience. There'd been a climate growing for years, such as the Kane & Lynch debacle or Doritos pope. I mean Nintendo Power was a beloved magazine and it was just Nintendo supplied marketing everyone knew that, but was a kind of line between selling something and outright demeaning your audience. People in gaming were well aware of that overlap between "journalism" and marketing, since after all it's an entertainment medium. You get the same thing in music or movie journalism as well But you also had more to the context. You also had the long-running and seemingly unending smear campaign by mainstream media against gaming, since it's origins. And you had the resurgence of politically correct ideologies, fueled by social media, that had already created controversies among other communities, notably atheism and comics What happened with Gamergate is that the gaming journalism outlets, or at least several notable ones, outright turned on their demos, all seemingly in the name of political ideologies, and it was just the last straw. To make matters worse, the mainstream media just ran with that as well, where now gamers weren't just the violence obsessed social outcasts, but misogynistic racists as well. And the gaming demographic decided to stand up for themselves Whether the outlets are biased or not is less relevant, as there's nothing wrong with a consumer demographic deciding to hold those outlets accountable when they can, whether it's providing disclosure or other such measures, it has been Working perma link embed parent ↑ [-] tardayanami 5 points 1 hour ago This was amazing, thank you perma link embed parent ↑ [-] ehManiacal 15 points 3 hours ago Some of the worst offenders in the "gaming media" even have journalism experience and degrees too. Many gamers haven't considered gaming media real journalism for a long time and it largely is not perma link embed parent ↑ [-] ithinkineedanap 3 points 2 hours ago That's true a flash point with the combination of the "social justice" element as well. It may have appeared to pop up relatively overnight, but the climate had been ripe for a while Generally people are aware of what "gaming journalism" is about. Just look at the hype for new games and such where people voluntarily as part of a hobby will seek out any and all new information about a game. I mean they're just getting hyped over a product for months, and largely helping companies market their products by talking about them. People know that, and you see it in other tech areas and entertainment as well Where it crossed a line was when that media started bashing and insulting their audience. And those readers/consumers basically said "f--- this." nd people in gaming have been critical of that for a while. Gamergate only ha ned as things hit kind of perma link embed parent](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/005/001/fbe.png_large "How GamerGate started.")
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