<story><title>Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29626809</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anon3d3c928</author><text>using a throwaway account because ppl could easily find my twitter, my company, and harass me all day about this (and probably would).&lt;p&gt;GamerGate is very probably a hate group, with no other legitimate purpose. they&amp;#x27;re known to send people into forums like this to argue politely and coherently that the &amp;quot;movement&amp;quot; is 100% legitimate. typically the person who comes onto a site like this, to argue in that manner, also makes virtiolic sexist and racist claims elsewhere, typically 8chan (previously 4chan - yes, these people are so fucked up that even 4chan banned them).&lt;p&gt;the specifics of the GamerGate swindle are very, very interesting for understanding how social media works, and can be misused.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jezebel.com/gamergate-trolls-arent-ethics-crusaders-theyre-a-hate-1644984010&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jezebel.com&amp;#x2F;gamergate-trolls-arent-ethics-crusaders-t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;TLDR: Rick Falkvinge&amp;#x27;s book SwarmWise, plus a great deal of sophisticated and very malicious social engineering.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ben0x539</author><text>This comment is totally on point and I&amp;#x27;m immensely enjoying the frustrated reactions in the replies to it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29626809</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anon3d3c928</author><text>using a throwaway account because ppl could easily find my twitter, my company, and harass me all day about this (and probably would).&lt;p&gt;GamerGate is very probably a hate group, with no other legitimate purpose. they&amp;#x27;re known to send people into forums like this to argue politely and coherently that the &amp;quot;movement&amp;quot; is 100% legitimate. typically the person who comes onto a site like this, to argue in that manner, also makes virtiolic sexist and racist claims elsewhere, typically 8chan (previously 4chan - yes, these people are so fucked up that even 4chan banned them).&lt;p&gt;the specifics of the GamerGate swindle are very, very interesting for understanding how social media works, and can be misused.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jezebel.com/gamergate-trolls-arent-ethics-crusaders-theyre-a-hate-1644984010&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;jezebel.com&amp;#x2F;gamergate-trolls-arent-ethics-crusaders-t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;TLDR: Rick Falkvinge&amp;#x27;s book SwarmWise, plus a great deal of sophisticated and very malicious social engineering.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sb057</author><text>I think it should be noted that the article you linked to is published by Gawker Media, one of the companies at the center of this.</text></comment>