Not too long ago /r/KotakuInAction had roughly 35,000 people, now it has just shy of 43,000 people. Not to mention our new supporters on Voat, GGHQ, GGRevolt and elsewhere. With so many new people, is it time for another operation similar to #OpSkyNet?
For those of you who don't know, #OpSkyNet was an operation to get GamerGate supporters to follow each other on Twitter and create a network. Not only does this help with the dissemination of information, but it also helps us trend hashtags a lot easier. Trending hashtags is a major part of raising awareness about ethical journalism, anti-censorship and consumer rights.
So what do you guys think, do we need another #OpSkyNet?
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[–] Holy13 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It does the job, sometimes you just need to trend something!
And everybody getting a bit of familiarity with twitter is good, if only just to have a sense how it works when stuff from there is posted.
[–] ArsCortica 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Honestly, I never liked OpSkyNet, because it looks like one big circlejerk to me, and god knows we already have enough "e-celebs" on twatter whose sole claim to fame is having many followers, rather than dispensing valuable info. Furthermore, following that many people only dilutes the flow of info with unnecessary drama (which Twitter produces no small amount of), so I prefer only actively following 15-20 people/ news sites which I trust on the issue.
If you want to get a hashtag trending, it imho would be easier to ask one of the big fishes for a retweet rather than following 10.000 people who only clog up the hashtag with drama.
[–] Bindlestiff ago (edited ago)
gg needs something to throw it's money at. a kickstarter, a gamejam, a charity for gamers, content for deepfreeze.
edit: or if you really want to rustle some jimmies, donate to these people
https://www.thefire.org/fire-guides/fires-guide-to-free-speech-on-campus-3/
[–] Netscape9 [S] ago
We already did that and it was almost entirely useless (with the possible exception of TFYC). Can we please not do this again?
[–] Colmsball ago
Having ties to each other off of Reddit and Voat is a good idea. Especially with the attacks on Voat and the censorship on Reddit.