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In reply to the discussion: Another Woman In Gaming Flees Home Following Death Threats [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,177 posts)34. That would be my guess.
I'm sure twitter would have no problem complying with an IP request. After that it's to the ISP to identify the physical address.
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How dare SHE create a successful game--exposing the abject life failures of those gamers. nt
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2014
#154
It's hilarious how these "superior" people have nothing better to do than troll discussion forums.
arcane1
Oct 2014
#69
Yeah...note the "Men's Rights" Point of view comes from Breitbart.com?
Hong Kong Cavalier
Oct 2014
#82
Except for the fact that your claims against Zoe Quinn have proven to be false.
Hong Kong Cavalier
Oct 2014
#116
No,it's pretty much feminism in general ,stop whitewashing this "movement".
sufrommich
Oct 2014
#143
we hear that often from men. a "brand" of feminism. that would be anything that may step on mans toe
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#146
why not acknowledging and going after in their group, instead of saying... not me? that is the
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#153
I would agree on all of this except that I don't believe Adam Baldwin is related to the other
seaglass
Oct 2014
#140
agree, not to long ago, people like Palin had twitter 'classes' & RW started spamming the R agenda.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#142
i wonder where justice warrior originated. we started hearing it on here. i thought cool. it was
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#183
Real Time Strategy. Games like Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Starcraft, etc.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#38
I can't decide who to start with. Might just go with Claptrap but the others look fun too.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2014
#46
playing EQ1 & 2 for over a decade, about half the gamers are female & most are adults.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#139
same with one other. i asked, but he doesnt want to tell me. sigh.... ah well. nt
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#20
She should stay home and wait for the police to figure out who it is, then arrest them?
arcane1
Oct 2014
#70
I saw this retweeted on Twitter last night. There are some really fucked up scary men out
seaglass
Oct 2014
#7
it's easy to see in comments on other mass websites, not game related
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2014
#73
because they hate women. because they are weak, and cowardly, and it makes them feel like they are
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#12
ya??? get the dweebs counciling? how about fuckin prosecuting their ass and throw it in jail....
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#58
of course it is not a man. it is a weak coward. hey women on du.... how many have had this SHIT
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#59
good article! twitter trolls are not anonymous.Death threats will result in police charges.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#135
Women in sports used to get this kind of treatment. Now it's women in gaming...
DesertDiamond
Oct 2014
#17
Isn't making death threats against the law? I don't think the First Amendment
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#22
laws need to be made to address this issue. bring law to 2015. that simple. nt
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#165
I confess that I was totally ignorant of this whole scene, Gamergate & all.
Jackpine Radical
Oct 2014
#27
Someone just shared this information with me, from a book by Charles Eisenstein
classof56
Oct 2014
#28
they need to start sending these men to jail. we NEED to change law, to specifically address
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#61
The Internet has revealed just how many men there are who are outraged about
Arugula Latte
Oct 2014
#72
I see no reason why the person who wrote that should ever see the outside of a prison cell
geek tragedy
Oct 2014
#98
I think scientists, sexists, and Ferengi are the only ones who still use 'female'
KitSileya
Oct 2014
#127
interesting. you are teaching me something. i think most society teaches especially men not to use
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#150
Infantilize her, or constrain her within outdated notions of 'proper behavior'.
KitSileya
Oct 2014
#155
because of this argument, i now use girl/women often enough. but i used female when i
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#148
The entire gaming community is full of little man-children who pitch fits over stupid things.
chrisa
Oct 2014
#159
The irony is I bet you don't see how judgmental and stereotyping your post is.
joeglow3
Oct 2014
#162
I'm for using the state and federal stalking laws against the people who do this.
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#177