• Corruption in Gaming Journalism Discussion V2 - Back from the dead!
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[QUOTE=nomad1;46929034]Sorry if this was mentioned before but it looks like Based Gamer reached it's indiegogo goal. [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/basedgamer-com[/url][/QUOTE] On one hand, yay indie-reviews hopefully devoid of payola and pandering, on the other this very much has the potential to turn directly into rotten tomatoes hyper bandwagoning hype aggregation. Hopefully they'll find a balance between "rome has spoken, there is no other verdict" and letting people who are fully inculcated in the medium touch on things a general consumer/player might miss or not even give a shit about.
[QUOTE=nomad1;46929034]Sorry if this was mentioned before but it looks like Based Gamer reached it's indiegogo goal. [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/basedgamer-com[/url][/QUOTE] In addition to this fill out the survey they sent out if you signed up early its your site.
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;46928693]Ah, okay. So, let me just get this straight for the record. If people disagree with something that you've made, they are allowed to: Shoot you And they are most definitely [I]not[/I] allowed to: Criticise you on the Internet. Okay, thanks for getting that straight![/QUOTE] narrative within a narrative, I think he wants to have real life attempts made to concoct at narrative that the internet makes man commit sin.
[QUOTE=JesseR92;46927162][img]http://puu.sh/euv4f/13644e4364.png[/img] Aww someone didnt like what I had to say.[/QUOTE] And I'm sitting here, desperately trying to get on the blocklist, and I'M STILL NOT ON IT. Seriously, fuck my life.
I thought following Totalbiscuit would have been enough, but I'm still not on the list :^( either.
I'm fairly sure i'm on the list and i've not been that big into twitter. Must had managed to piss someone off somehow.
[QUOTE=uber.;46929352]And I'm sitting here, desperately trying to get on the blocklist, and I'M STILL NOT ON IT. Seriously, fuck my life.[/QUOTE] The full list of twitter accounts that will get you on the block bot is [url=https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker/blob/master/sourcelist.txt]here[/url]. Try following one and wait for them to update the bot.
[QUOTE=mcattack1092;46929759]The full list of twitter accounts that will get you on the block bot is [url=https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker/blob/master/sourcelist.txt]here[/url]. Try following one and wait for them to update the bot.[/QUOTE] Only 7 twitter accounts there? Man that bot sucks.
[QUOTE=Xonax;46929782]Only 7 twitter accounts there? Man that bot sucks.[/QUOTE] 6 considering roguestargamez is a suspended account.
i followed most of those accounts and i'm not on the block list or any block bot i can see. does it have to do with how many followers you have? i don't have very many. ive even posted an animation on twitter taking the piss out of polygon. the way the shitty thing was "coded" must be laughable
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;46929937]My quick bet is that you're following someone on the white list. That is without looking at the code and just assuming its really bad.[/QUOTE] Not familiar with the language but this might be it. [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/30ku52h.png[/IMG] [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] [url=https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker/blob/master/whitelist.txt]Here's the whitelist.[/url]
[QUOTE=EditOutJ;46930003]Not familiar with the language but this might be it. [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/30ku52h.png[/IMG] [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] [url=https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker/blob/master/whitelist.txt]Here's the whitelist.[/url][/QUOTE] nope, i don't follow any of these people. also >kfc
[QUOTE=EditOutJ;46930003][url=https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker/blob/master/whitelist.txt]Here's the whitelist.[/url][/QUOTE] lol @KFC. How can you have to put that in the whitelist and genuinely think your code is solid? They might as well chalk up a manual blacklist at that point.
[QUOTE=Eonart;46930216]Finds post with #GamerGate + a swear word on it, ends up blocking the majority of anti-GG too.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't be surprised if they ended up finding more AGG than pro-GG that way :v:
[QUOTE=_Axel;46930227]Wouldn't be surprised if they ended up finding more AGG than pro-GG that way :v:[/QUOTE] (Theory) The blocklist was created to censor opinion, not harassment. Easier to convince people when it appears nobody is criticizing you; it was designed to block as many rational people as possible so that there is zero dissenting opinion. Sounds conspiracy-theory level, but the fact she refuses to fix it and make it actually block harassers makes me and a couple others highly suspicious. It's pretty clear this was made to block gamergate opinion, that's a given fact. Also, new accounts can easily get past the blocklist, which the majority of harassment came from in the first place. There was clearly no thought put into this blocklist - or maybe more then we think.
[QUOTE=Te Great Skeeve;46931344](Theory) The blocklist was created to censor opinion, not harassment. Easier to convince people when it appears nobody is criticizing you; it was designed to block as many rational people as possible so that there is zero dissenting opinion. Sounds conspiracy-theory level, but the fact she refuses to fix it and make it actually block harassers makes me and a couple others highly suspicious. It's pretty clear this was made to block gamergate opinion, that's a given fact. Also, new accounts can easily get past the blocklist, which the majority of harassment came from in the first place. There was clearly no thought put into this blocklist - or maybe more then we think.[/QUOTE] i just dont think freebsodgirl or whatever is a very good coder. this is considering she lost her job as a programmer recently.
I was just thinking about her losing her job, I wonder if it's because of something a gamergater said (which I'm not sure that I'd be okay with, considering they've done the same and brings us down to their level) or her boss found out what she was doin via social media and realized she was more of a liability than anything else?
[url]https://archive.today/VcT0m[/url] PC Gamer, says stop using PC master race because the nazis used it. [thumb]https://i.imgur.com/s437agB.png[/thumb] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YOYlgvI1uE[/media] you certainly adore the Valkyrie gazi. So does that mean female thor promotes Nazism to?
Nice, finally a piece of journalism that ghazi dislikes. They're not beating at the gates of kotaku yet but it's a start.
[QUOTE=Te Great Skeeve;46931344](Theory) The blocklist was created to censor opinion, not harassment. Easier to convince people when it appears nobody is criticizing you; it was designed to block as many rational people as possible so that there is zero dissenting opinion.[/QUOTE] I think you're giving her too much credit. She, and the people supporting the blocklist are not some kind of criminal mastermind, they're just fucking bonkers. They convinced themselves to be perfect to the point where someone disagreeing cannot possibly be right and is therefore just doing it to harrass you. To quote south park's infinite wisdom: "Yes, I believe that you believe that. That's how people like you work! Your ego is so out of whack that it will do whatever it can to protect itself. And people with a messed up ego can do these mental gymnastics to convince themselves they're awesome, when really, they're just douchebags!" [QUOTE=TheJoey;46931400]i just dont think freebsodgirl or whatever is a very good coder. this is considering she lost her job as a programmer recently.[/QUOTE] Also a hundred times this, she doesn't have the skill to do a proper job (it would take years to come up with a algorythm to reliably do what her blocklist claims to do, if it were that easy someone would have already done it), but she doesn't care about doing a proper job, so long as it gets the job done she doesn't care how many people get caught in it, cause she's the most important hair-dyed special snowflake in the world, fuck the others! Using a flamethrower is an effective way to get rid of weeds in your backyard, technically.
[QUOTE=Ryo Ohki;46931737]I think you're giving her too much credit. She, and the people supporting the blocklist are not some kind of criminal mastermind, they're just fucking bonkers. They convinced themselves to be perfect to the point where someone disagreeing cannot possibly be right and is therefore just doing it to harrass you. [/QUOTE] Basically I was trying to get at they were just bonkers - they are censoring opinions, not harassment.
[QUOTE=Ryo Ohki;46931737]I think you're giving her too much credit. She, and the people supporting the blocklist are not some kind of criminal mastermind, they're just fucking bonkers. They convinced themselves to be perfect to the point where someone disagreeing cannot possibly be right and is therefore just doing it to harrass you. To quote south park's infinite wisdom: "Yes, I believe that you believe that. That's how people like you work! Your ego is so out of whack that it will do whatever it can to protect itself. And people with a messed up ego can do these mental gymnastics to convince themselves they're awesome, when really, they're just douchebags!" [/QUOTE] There's also the vague social hierarchy these people work with where they congregate around a handful of outspoken figureheads. Anyone who is 'lower' than the person they are talking to is seen as speaking above their station, which can only be interpreted by them as harassment. We, being completely outside their social hierarchy, have no rank so any interaction with them is considered harassment.
Great article by gameinformer on the intel partnership with IGDA/FF [url]https://archive.today/9gZwU[/url] Nothing new but it's a great summary to pass around to people who aren't in the loop
[QUOTE=Ryo Ohki;46932293]Great article by gameinformer on the intel partnership with IGDA/FF [url]https://archive.today/9gZwU[/url] Nothing new but it's a great summary to pass around to people who aren't in the loop[/QUOTE] [B]YEAH.[/B] FUCK. FUCKING YEAH. They slammed Anita on the 2012 deadline! [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] This entire fucking article is beautifully written.
[QUOTE=Swilly;46932467][B]YEAH.[/B] FUCK. FUCKING YEAH. They slammed Anita on the 2012 deadline! [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] This entire fucking article is beautifully written.[/QUOTE] there's also this article by "ben shapiro's truth revolt": "Is Intel In Bed With An Anti-Semite?" [url]http://www.truthrevolt.org/commentary/curtis-intel-bed-anti-semite[/url] not a huge site i dont think? but still plants the seeds.
[QUOTE=Ryo Ohki;46932293]Great article by gameinformer on the intel partnership with IGDA/FF [url]https://archive.today/9gZwU[/url] Nothing new but it's a great summary to pass around to people who aren't in the loop[/QUOTE] That is a blog, not an actual GI article.
[QUOTE=Ryo Ohki;46932293]Great article by gameinformer on the intel partnership with IGDA/FF [url]https://archive.today/9gZwU[/url] Nothing new but it's a great summary to pass around to people who aren't in the loop[/QUOTE] A small nitpick here, but if what you're linking is an article you want people to support, link the original article and the archived version. Page views are what these companies base their content on, and if we show support by mass viewership, the company will be more inclined to have more articles of this nature produced.
[QUOTE=uber.;46929352]And I'm sitting here, desperately trying to get on the blocklist, and I'M STILL NOT ON IT. Seriously, fuck my life.[/QUOTE] Unfortunately he only personally blocked me,I wonder if the blocklist even works at all.
[QUOTE=Rockeiro123;46932838]A small nitpick here, but if what you're linking is an article you want people to support, link the original article and the archived version. Page views are what these companies base their content on, and if we show support by mass viewership, the company will be more inclined to have more articles of this nature produced.[/QUOTE] source shown at the top. [url]http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/codenamecrono_blog/archive/2015/01/09/but-at-what-cost-the-integrity-of-intel-and-selling-out-to-the-hate-mob.aspx[/url] it's only a blog sadly.
[url]http://peachbo.tumblr.com/post/108104300366/dont-be-mad-at-intel-be-glad[/url] that girl dev who was attacked by AGG made this post on Intel funding IGDA and femfreq. It's a nice read, what do you guys think? [editline]14th January 2015[/editline] Also read the entire thing to the end so you understand her point, she's NOT condoning Intel supporting femfreq or IGDA.
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