#gamergate - insulting consumers shrinks the market & hashtag attracts harassment

You'd think from the headline alone, that the articles marketing slant was obvious. It seems it was not.

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#Gamergate - Insulting consumers shrinks the market http://adland.tv/adnews/gamergate-insulting-consumers-shrinks-market/1027025677#okyzJm4oQV3Z7Flq.99 … #notyourshield pic.twitter.com/KQ8TVGjiML
Adland @adland
@Grindgear
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Fri, Sep 19 2014 19:44:19
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//twitter.com/adland/status/513050976257712129
— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 19:44:19
This is the original tweet. And these are the replies - at first a regular reader discusses the article & it's all quite pleasant.
RJG @rjgnyc
@adland Kinda wish this included _why_ certain groups of gamers were being insulted (b/c their behavior was shitty & people pointed it out).
Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:26:22
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//twitter.com/rjgnyc/status/513061558617133056
— RJG (@rjgnyc)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:26:22
Adland @adland
@rjgnyc That’s why the recaps were being linked, so one could read up on that. It’s been rehashed everywhere. My point is about marketing.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:28:16
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//twitter.com/adland/status/513062038986186752
— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:28:16
RJG @rjgnyc
@adland 100% get it. Just felt the article said gamers as a whole were being treated unfair, vs a specific group/reasonably spoken about.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:42:57
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//twitter.com/rjgnyc/status/513065731161063424
— RJG (@rjgnyc)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:42:57
Adland @adland
@rjgnyc I’m not sure I’m fully following you. Specific group?
Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:47:52
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— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:47:52
RJG @rjgnyc
@adland But even then unreasonable mobs being unreasonable are still a market share worth acknowledging, so yeah.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:43:37
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//twitter.com/rjgnyc/status/513065898249580544
— RJG (@rjgnyc)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:43:37
Adland @adland
@rjgnyc Ah. I think painting all gamers as unreasonable mobs is the core of the problem here.
@FahkingNoop
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Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:51:11
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//twitter.com/adland/status/513067802937143297
— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:51:11
RJG @rjgnyc
@adland I've taken the "gamer is dead" thing to be about those who are dox'ing/posting nudes of devs they don't like/etc, not all gamers.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:58:44
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//twitter.com/rjgnyc/status/513069703615758336
— RJG (@rjgnyc)Fri, Sep 19 2014 20:58:44
Adland @adland
@rjgnyc Using a word that encompasses children and old maids like myself to describe doxxers seems quite off then.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:02:53
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//twitter.com/adland/status/513070749423132672
— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:02:53
RJG @rjgnyc
@adland Totally agree. I think it's connected to who "real" gamers are, then using "gamer is dead" to refer to that group w/o the clarity.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:39:53
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//twitter.com/rjgnyc/status/513080059091906560
— RJG (@rjgnyc)Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:39:53
Adland @adland
@rjgnyc yep, judging by how insulted “real” gamers are, and how it’s become this giant shitstorm, they shot themselves in the foot.
Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:43:29
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— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:43:29
¬∀ Kool-Aid Man @not_all_koolaid
@rjgnyc ~Bursts through the wall~ NOT ALL GAMERS
Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:46:23
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//twitter.com/not_all_koolaid/status/513081695319248896
Fri, Sep 19 2014 21:46:23
RJG @rjgnyc
@adland @not_all_koolaid haha oh god what just happened
Fri, Sep 19 2014 22:01:13
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//twitter.com/rjgnyc/status/513085428594139136
— RJG (@rjgnyc)Fri, Sep 19 2014 22:01:13
Adland @adland
@rjgnyc So perfect to be randomly joined by an ad-mascot meme. LOL! @not_all_koolaid
Fri, Sep 19 2014 22:03:46
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— Adland (@adland)Fri, Sep 19 2014 22:03:46
And that, I thought would be the end of it. But nope. This is what followed.
Zyklon Ben @Zyklon_Ben
@348am @FakeRobotGamer @adland @rjgnyc I bet your just a filthy Jew. I'm not a Nazi I'm a Paleoconservative white supremacist transhumanist
Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:39:46
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//twitter.com/Zyklon_Ben/status/513548115702730752
— Zyklon Ben (@Zyklon_Ben)Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:39:46
I blocked that account immediately and without comment, because "Filthy jew". Come on. But it carried on.
Zyklon Ben @Zyklon_Ben
@348am @FakeRobotGamer @adland @rjgnyc Gas the Kikes race war now. And Hitler did nothing wrong.
Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:40:10
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//twitter.com/Zyklon_Ben/status/513548216873537536
— Zyklon Ben (@Zyklon_Ben)Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:40:10
Zyklon Ben @Zyklon_Ben
@FakeRobotGamer @348am @adland @rjgnyc Yeah well ur a faget.
Sun, Sep 21 2014 05:58:26
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//twitter.com/Zyklon_Ben/status/513567913744535553
— Zyklon Ben (@Zyklon_Ben)Sun, Sep 21 2014 05:58:26
Zyklon Ben @Zyklon_Ben
@Soulmech @FakeRobotGamer @348am @adland @rjgnyc But i'm a /pol/ack and i'm just expressing my beliefs. Stop oppressing me.
Sun, Sep 21 2014 05:57:12
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//twitter.com/Zyklon_Ben/status/513567600325173249
— Zyklon Ben (@Zyklon_Ben)Sun, Sep 21 2014 05:57:12
also didn't really need any of this crap, all arriving as a response to obvious fake troll account.
autumn dog @348am
@FakeRobotGamer @adland @rjgnyc ill stop trolling GG when they report their nazi members lol https://twitter.com/NedicLegend/status/513431445864714241 … https://twitter.com/Zyklon_Ben/status/511725812534751232 …
@strictmachine
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Sun, Sep 21 2014 03:32:18
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//twitter.com/348am/status/513531137302343681
— autumn dog (@348am)Sun, Sep 21 2014 03:32:18
Annaluminatus @FakeRobotGamer
careful bro, ur gonna cut urself on that edge @Zyklon_Ben @348am @adland @rjgnyc
Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:47:25
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//twitter.com/FakeRobotGamer/status/513550039713472514
— Annaluminatus (@FakeRobotGamer)Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:47:25
Yotsuba ironically @Soulmech
@FakeRobotGamer @Zyklon_Ben @348am @adland @rjgnyc "zyklon ben" haha oh man so clever i bet this really shows the spirit of #gamergate
@FakeRobotGamer
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Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:50:13
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//twitter.com/Soulmech/status/513550746047250432
— Yotsuba ironically (@Soulmech)Sun, Sep 21 2014 04:50:13

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