Lovely Mixture said:
People defending this is pretty amusing.
"They weren't forced into not selling it, they just responded to a petition"
"They listened to their customers, it's a good thing right?"
"It's not censorship, it's a business decision"
"We shouldn't promote violence against women"
Amazing.
I assume you want/believe the opposite of these quotes you posted here, which would imply you WANT to promote violence against women.
Well, you get a point for honesty, I guess.
Lovely Mixture said:
IceForce said:
- Don't like a website, don't visit it.
Sure. But I'm not gonna prevent other people from visiting it.
Uhh,
you sure about that?
Let's not be disingenuous here, the purpose of GamerGate's emailing operation is to sever the supply lines of income to the websites that they don't like, with the endgame being that these sites finally cave to pressure and change the way they write their articles and take down the 'bad' articles (
thereby preventing other people from visiting them), or until the site goes out of business altogether (
thereby preventing other people from visiting them).
And that is where the blatant hypocrisy enters the equation.
Lovely Mixture said:
IceForce said:
- Want more articles that cater to your taste, write them yourself.
If your viewers want better researched articles (that are otherwise flat-out wrong since they are supposed to be representative of actual events), then your first response shouldn't be to alienate your audience....Cause
"Just make your own games" is a cop-out argument, and always has been.
This is because the barrier-to-entry for video game development is extremely high.
Conversely, the barrier-to-entry to write your own video game commentary is extremely low. Anyone can make their own website or host their own blog.
If your audience likes you, a lot, and you get exposure, you'll become popular and successful. That's how these "gamers are dead" sites took off in the first place, remember.
In addition, journalism of every flavor is extremely competitive. If GamerGate truly believes there's a large market for *its* type of articles and video game commentary, then there's nothing stopping them from writing these things themselves.
Who knows, they may even make a killing.
Lovely Mixture said:
IceForce said:
- Are you offended, grow up. (Especially if you get called "dead")
...it looks unprofessional.
Who cares? If you're not a consumer of the site, how does it affect you?
Furthermore, those "gamers are dead" articles
weren't news bulletins or investigative pieces. They were opinion pieces, nothing more, nothing less.