2014-10-24, 05:52 PM
The amount of knee-jerk defensiveness preventing the majority of this thread from actually understanding the ACTUAL message of this post is astounding.
The point, much like the one being made in the previous article I linked previously, is that GamerGate, despite all the shouting about journalist integrity (and, apparently, hate of a very specific type of editorializing), seems to be about nothing in particular.
Take this thread as a smaller, but proportionate, slice of the whole pie. The vast majority of the posts here have been arguing what GamerGate is and why it's vital with very little, if anything, being mentioned about what GamerGate has actually accomplished. There was a bit of congratulations over losing Gawker some money, but Mercedes figured the game out and signed back up with Gawker, resulting in just a temporary sting. (Intel, similarly realized they were duped, but didn't go the full 360 with Gamasutra.)
...but what does that have to do with a demand for journalistic integrity? The Mercedes fiasco was backlash at a very specific site for some poorly thought-out tweets regarding bullying, not because of the ethical problems with reviews being sold regardless of currency. Instead of focusing on ethics, GamerGate appears to be focused on destroying (not even reforming) a single media outlet which is far from the only game in town, adding to the appearance of disingenuousness to the cause. Publishers could be buying IGN hookers, but GamerGate would not care since they haven't said anything bad about GamerGate (though maybe even referencing "The Movement" will bring on the wrath).
Right now, GamerGate is anonymous; it is a lesion.
It is a religion without priests and, without leadership, there is no excommunication.
For GamerGate to ever have any hope of accomplishing anything meaningful and lasting, it needs some form of organization to create and communicate some consensus about its purpose and develop plans of achieving that purpose.
This is impossible under the current banner because any attempt to grab the reins is going to be drowned out in a sea of hashtags.
Remember how much THIS accomplished?
If GamerGate retains trajectory, it will suffer a similar fate.
Energy will wane. A new scandal will arise. Nothing will have changed.
See you in three years.
The point, much like the one being made in the previous article I linked previously, is that GamerGate, despite all the shouting about journalist integrity (and, apparently, hate of a very specific type of editorializing), seems to be about nothing in particular.
Take this thread as a smaller, but proportionate, slice of the whole pie. The vast majority of the posts here have been arguing what GamerGate is and why it's vital with very little, if anything, being mentioned about what GamerGate has actually accomplished. There was a bit of congratulations over losing Gawker some money, but Mercedes figured the game out and signed back up with Gawker, resulting in just a temporary sting. (Intel, similarly realized they were duped, but didn't go the full 360 with Gamasutra.)
...but what does that have to do with a demand for journalistic integrity? The Mercedes fiasco was backlash at a very specific site for some poorly thought-out tweets regarding bullying, not because of the ethical problems with reviews being sold regardless of currency. Instead of focusing on ethics, GamerGate appears to be focused on destroying (not even reforming) a single media outlet which is far from the only game in town, adding to the appearance of disingenuousness to the cause. Publishers could be buying IGN hookers, but GamerGate would not care since they haven't said anything bad about GamerGate (though maybe even referencing "The Movement" will bring on the wrath).
Right now, GamerGate is anonymous; it is a lesion.
It is a religion without priests and, without leadership, there is no excommunication.
For GamerGate to ever have any hope of accomplishing anything meaningful and lasting, it needs some form of organization to create and communicate some consensus about its purpose and develop plans of achieving that purpose.
This is impossible under the current banner because any attempt to grab the reins is going to be drowned out in a sea of hashtags.
Remember how much THIS accomplished?
If GamerGate retains trajectory, it will suffer a similar fate.
Energy will wane. A new scandal will arise. Nothing will have changed.
See you in three years.
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