Corruption in gaming journalism discussion and update thread.

[Sad.]

im just wondering, if enough people ask for the info of some twitter account (with this account not doing anything illegal or anything, but could be very well against a group of people or something), is twitter actually allowed to give out info on the account?

edit: stupid question, sorry, research says no.

[1legmidget]

[QUOTE=Teddybeer;46462243]Doxxing has become a reaaaaly wide definition these days.[/QUOTE]

Words don't mean things if I'm offended. You're literally triggering me

[Jamsponge]

[QUOTE=mcattack1092;46462204]Calling publicly available information a doxxing?

Can't wait till this guy discovers the [url=http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_pages]Yellow Pages.[/url][/QUOTE]
But if you track down and swat someone or get them fired, that's just what they deserved, right?

[Tamschi]

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;46463229]But if you track down and swat someone or get them fired, that's just what they deserved, right?[/QUOTE]

I don't get what that has to do with each other.

Posting publicly available info and calling for people to call someone's job / the police / whatever are very different things.

[editline]11th November 2014[/editline]

Though admittedly doxxing is a bit blurry since if the info wasn't public at all it likely wouldn't be possible.

[Kaelnukem]

[QUOTE=mcattack1092;46462204]Calling publicly available information a doxxing?

Can't wait till this guy discovers the [url=http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_pages]Yellow Pages.[/url][/QUOTE]

Imagine his guilt he feels when he wants to send out christmas cards.

[Jamsponge]

[QUOTE=Tamschi;46463665]I don't get what that has to do with each other.

Posting publicly available info and calling for people to call someone's job / the police / whatever are very different things.

[editline]11th November 2014[/editline]

Though admittedly doxxing is a bit blurry since if the info wasn't public at all it likely wouldn't be possible.[/QUOTE]
I might have got a bit carried away, there. It just angers me when people get mad at anyone involved with Gamergate for some random person doxxing a dev, whereas they make their own excuses so that it's okay one way, but not the other.

[ithon]

anyone in on this for fp?
[url]http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2lz0wn/holiday_cards_for_aaa_devs/[/url]

[Miya]

Milo got sent another gift

from his alt twitter

[URL]https://twitter.com/Caligula/status/532089393390317568[/URL]

[Vagak]

Did Milo ever find out what was inside that syringe?

[TheJoey]

not entirely related to gamergate but here's a quote from edmund mcmillen from vinesauce's recent interview with him that pretty much sums up some indie devs
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVuLvGjPOc[/url]

"I can't relate to industry anymore. A major disconnect is self-obsession that indie devs seem to have."

edmund and team meat definitely had some major problems with IGF in the past and phil fish (who judas from binding of isaac's design is based off of).

[Fangz]

Well it looks like @nero is back.

[Athlias]

[QUOTE=EmperorVagak;46464321]Did Milo ever find out what was inside that syringe?[/QUOTE]

IIRC he threw away the syringe before he called the cops.

[Miya]

[URL]https://archive.today/H7k6M[/URL]

Now it's time for the Final attack from SJW side

Using #gamergate as a reason to push censorship and kill anonymity.

also

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1eaiySS.png[/IMG]

[DrBones]

[QUOTE=Wii60;46465256][URL]https://archive.today/H7k6M[/URL]

Now it's time for the Final attack from SJW side

Using #gamergate as a reason to push censorship and kill anonymity.

also

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1eaiySS.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Jesus christ, it's like the ending of MGS2 all over again. They're trying to instigate the S3 plan, only this time it's Jack Thompson instead of Liquid Snake.

[Mecha Pirate]

Oh look, it's a self identified nerd. I wonder what that means. What does 'nerd' mean, Mr. Wheaton? Does it include generalizing and smearing?

[JesseR92]

I never liked Wheaton I just got that ever present feeling he is a pric.

[lazyguy]

[QUOTE=Wii60;46465256][URL]https://archive.today/H7k6M[/URL]

Now it's time for the Final attack from SJW side

Using #gamergate as a reason to push censorship and kill anonymity.

also

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1eaiySS.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

This man peaked when he played Wesley Crusher.

[Luni]

[QUOTE=JesseR92;46465535]I never liked Wheaton I just got that ever present feeling he is a pric.[/QUOTE]
he also gave the keynote speech at pax east 2010 about how awesome it was to be a nerd or a gamer

I wonder if he even realizes the hypocrisy here

[Raidyr]

[QUOTE=Fangz;46464833]Well it looks like @nero is back.[/QUOTE]

Doesn't he hate gamers?

[Steele92]

[url]https://twitter.com/AmandaThorntree/status/532046643915264000[/url]

[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2I1mlTCMAEll2-.png[/IMG]

They'd sure like to think they are

[Raidyr]

Kinda throwing Sarkeesian under the bus by comparing her to Groot.

[Chris_the_qt]

and making wu the transracoon.

[JesseR92]

[QUOTE=Psycho9182;46466357]and making wu the transcoon.[/QUOTE]

Just wait till Adrian Chen finds out he cant say he was harassed by this he will have to step up his slander campaign against Pakman.

[Steele92]

I like to think they're secretly implying Wu is a lab experiment

[Jordax]

And making the leader a cis white male.

...How are those people not getting the irony of that?

[I]Also three months earlier, on the GG side...[/I]

[t]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/827/063/69f.jpg[/t]

[Not DuCT]

[QUOTE=JesseR92;46465535]I never liked Wheaton I just got that ever present feeling he is a pric.[/QUOTE]

Remember. The highlight of his career was playing the most hated character in Star Trek.

I'm glad Kurtz sent him to his doom, but acid was to good for him.

[Swilly]

[QUOTE=DuCT;46466514]Remember. The highlight of his career was playing the most hated character in Star Trek.

I'm glad Kurtz sent him to his doom, but acid was to good for him.[/QUOTE]

He's literally been riding on the tail of Patrick Stewart and the rest of the cast for his money.

[Miya]

[url]https://archive.today/42pW9#selection-425.0-425.82[/url]

[TheJoey]

[QUOTE=Wii60;46466812][url]https://archive.today/42pW9#selection-425.0-425.82[/url][/QUOTE]

"swirlies". a continuing theme of bullying.

i get it now. this is high school newgame+, isn't it?

[G-Strogg]

I read Wil Wheatons big reply on ousting trolls, and it basically amounts to fluff.

Really, he even says things like Tor and GnuPGP is needed, but he says that "gaming trolls don't need to be anonymous". If he means that people should identify harrassing and death-threat sending trolls then sure, I don't think it's THAT bad.

The problem is, that's what GG has been doing. It's what AGG [I]hasn't[/I] been doing, so they can keep their narrative.

Really, Wil Wheatons article basically means nothing. There's literally NOTHING to stop someone from sending death threat emails through Tor, or other non-gaming-related networks that allows you to be anonymous. If he really thinks privacy is worth fighting for, then he should just denounce the trolls, encourage identification if possible (since death threats are a crime), and leave it at that.

"Privacy for some in certain fields but not for others in other fields" just won't hold up. It would never work in practice.