Grei kronikk (er ikke et skjellsord å bli kalt konservativ) helt til han begynte å lyve, dra inn TRP, og tillegge antiene sine metoder til GamerGate. "Bare skriv snille ting om oss, ellers hetser vi deg bort fra jobben din" er noe du finner i Alinskys Rules for Radicals. RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
Dette er hvorfor så store deler av GG er anonyme. Ja, det stemmer at GG sender e-poster til de angivelig uetiske sidene sine sponsorer for å kutte pengestøtte. Men det den andre siden gjør er å overvelde privatpersoner sine jobber, venner og familier med beskyldninger om at personen hater kvinner og/eller er nazist. Dette er ikke en kamp GamerGate kan vinne enn så lenge journalistene kontrollerer narrativet, i et prima eksempel på Citogenesis.
Ellers så skjer det snart noe spennende etikkrelatert i GG (the ride never ends osv). Som det meste annet krever det en del forklaring.
Så, Society of Professional Journalists hadde nettopp en årlig konferanse, kalt SPJ Ethics Week. GG fikk nyss i dette, og begynte å opplyse på taggen deres #SPJEthicsWeek om de vanlige tingene GG gjør. Korrupsjon, kollusjon, dårlig etikk i lettfattelige postere. Og, igjen, Ayyteam-trollene fikk nyss i GG sin plan, og spammet ned taggen med gore, porno og andre jævlige ting. Journalistene droppa taggen helt og ville ikke ha noe med det å gjøre. Ikke uventa.
Men! Det var én fyr som fant dette fascinerende. I hans egne ord: <-- Verdt å lese
Han fikk enorm respons på dette, og det som nå blir å skje er at GamerGate-representanter, og såklart deres kritikere, skal ha en debatt. En ekte, legitim debatt hvor mennesker i samme rom snakker med hverandre. Det er allerede nedsatt et panel som skal velge ut debattantene.
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Dette er hvorfor så store deler av GG er anonyme. Ja, det stemmer at GG sender e-poster til de angivelig uetiske sidene sine sponsorer for å kutte pengestøtte. Men det den andre siden gjør er å overvelde privatpersoner sine jobber, venner og familier med beskyldninger om at personen hater kvinner og/eller er nazist. Dette er ikke en kamp GamerGate kan vinne enn så lenge journalistene kontrollerer narrativet, i et prima eksempel på Citogenesis.
Ellers så skjer det snart noe spennende etikkrelatert i GG (the ride never ends osv). Som det meste annet krever det en del forklaring.
Så, Society of Professional Journalists hadde nettopp en årlig konferanse, kalt SPJ Ethics Week. GG fikk nyss i dette, og begynte å opplyse på taggen deres #SPJEthicsWeek om de vanlige tingene GG gjør. Korrupsjon, kollusjon, dårlig etikk i lettfattelige postere. Og, igjen, Ayyteam-trollene fikk nyss i GG sin plan, og spammet ned taggen med gore, porno og andre jævlige ting. Journalistene droppa taggen helt og ville ikke ha noe med det å gjøre. Ikke uventa.
Men! Det var én fyr som fant dette fascinerende. I hans egne ord: <-- Verdt å lese
Michael Koretzky skrev:
Whether it’s most GamerGaters or a vocal few who have terrorized their critics, the barbarism of the debate has unnerved journalists who might otherwise cover it.
The irony, of course, is that GamerGaters accuse the media of ignoring their legitimate claims, so some (many?) ramp up their antagonism to get attention, which drives away reasonable reporters and readers, which just makes them madder at being ignored, so they heap on more antagonism.
That scared the hell out of SPJ, which explains why the 100-year-old organization said nothing until yesterday about the deluge of GamerGate tweets on its hashtag last week.
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How definitive and important can you be when you ignore people who come to your hashtag during Ethics Week — a week you tout as “a means of placing a spotlight on our ethical responsibilities and reaching out to the communities we serve”?
(...)
I believe SPJ should obey its own code, which says, “Avoid stereotyping.” How do we know all GamerGaters are evil? (...) if SPJ has to wade through 1,000 bad apples to reach 10 good ones, I’ll take those odds. Why? I volunteer as an adviser to a college newspaper, and I know many professors who say, in a class of 20 students, only 2-3 actually give a damn. Yet they keep teaching. So should we.
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Here’s what it comes down to: GamerGate has an opportunity to go legit.
It got the attention of the world’s largest journalism organization through unethical means, and it can turn that right around. Even if SPJ says nothing more, its 7,000-plus members might. If the stupid shit can be tamped down over the next few weeks, I’ll even push for a session on GamerGate at an SPJ conference I’m helping organize in Miami this summer.
Your move, GamerGaters.
The irony, of course, is that GamerGaters accuse the media of ignoring their legitimate claims, so some (many?) ramp up their antagonism to get attention, which drives away reasonable reporters and readers, which just makes them madder at being ignored, so they heap on more antagonism.
That scared the hell out of SPJ, which explains why the 100-year-old organization said nothing until yesterday about the deluge of GamerGate tweets on its hashtag last week.
(...)
How definitive and important can you be when you ignore people who come to your hashtag during Ethics Week — a week you tout as “a means of placing a spotlight on our ethical responsibilities and reaching out to the communities we serve”?
(...)
I believe SPJ should obey its own code, which says, “Avoid stereotyping.” How do we know all GamerGaters are evil? (...) if SPJ has to wade through 1,000 bad apples to reach 10 good ones, I’ll take those odds. Why? I volunteer as an adviser to a college newspaper, and I know many professors who say, in a class of 20 students, only 2-3 actually give a damn. Yet they keep teaching. So should we.
(...)
Here’s what it comes down to: GamerGate has an opportunity to go legit.
It got the attention of the world’s largest journalism organization through unethical means, and it can turn that right around. Even if SPJ says nothing more, its 7,000-plus members might. If the stupid shit can be tamped down over the next few weeks, I’ll even push for a session on GamerGate at an SPJ conference I’m helping organize in Miami this summer.
Your move, GamerGaters.
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