GamerGate, Misogyny, and Why it's Relevant to General DUers

[daredtowork]

10. They also hunt in packs

Once one of these guys found my remark that associated the trivialization of rape with gamer culture, pals started piling up to pile on. They can easily set up a link somewhere and say: "we need an Army of Anti-Slut Warriors here!" If it's a place with a persistent thread, I can see how the comments could build into the thousands for high profile targets like Anita Sarkeesian or Zoe Quinn.

I'm not sure if such a link was set up in my case or whether this guy just had friends over or even a sockpuppet account. It's also hard to see because the GamerGate people are mixed in with comments from DU people - some of whom are gamers, so it's hard to pick out. But the people with the low DU post count and following the Breitbart argument I explained above, are the ones to keep an eye out for.