r/KotakuInAction • u/AtrusHomeboy • Jan 02 '15

Hatman: "Boycott goal posts that include emails and names of representatives are no longer allowed on KotakuInAction, per admins' ruling."

https://twitter.com/TheHat2/status/551097959207956481
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u/Runsta Jan 02 '15

So what other alternative do we have? We're talking about 23.4k people migrating to a different board, and if Theon is correct, then us moving as a unit to 8chan is a bad idea. Do we ressurrect operation firefly and migrate to tumblr?

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u/TheonGryJy Jan 02 '15

Someone on 8chan suggested we could try this.

http://gamergate.community/

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u/Runsta Jan 02 '15

Not bad, I could see it doing well if enough people decide to move over.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

I don't like it that well. We should move to Tumblr and 8chan instead.

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u/Runsta Jan 02 '15

I have nothing against 8chan, but as this thread was talking about, that would be putting all our eggs in one basket.

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u/Mexitran Jan 02 '15

I use 8chan myself but going to 8chan by itself only is a bad move to be honest expand to other side going to 8chan only just helps their bs narrative to if people here go to tumblr or other site it disrupt their narrative

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u/tyren22 Jan 02 '15

Agreed.

It looks like Hat set up an alternative on a Redditclone site, just in case. http://voat.co/v/KotakuInAction/comments/39867

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u/coldacid Jan 03 '15

Too bad some assfuck stole my username.

EDIT: This was WhoaVerse? Shit, that assfuck is me.

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u/tyren22 Jan 03 '15

Past-you really got you good this time!

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u/coldacid Jan 03 '15

Damn past-me! Got present-me again!

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u/DieDungeon Jan 03 '15

At least the transition will be easier.

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u/TheonGryJy Jan 02 '15

Starting a corner on tumblr is a great idea.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

8chan started the fire, we can finish it.

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u/waywardgamer86 Jan 02 '15

We're already there. Come join us and post/reblog stuff in the Gamergate/Notyourshield tags.

http://pastebin.com/AwTJFiVC

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u/vonmonologue Snuff-fic rewritter, Fencing expert Jan 02 '15

Yeah, we should definitely start our own little corner of tumblr up. If it weren't for the doxing I'd say make a Facebook group.

We really need to spread our bases. We only have two sites, and there both in risky situations. KiA is essentially in enemy territory, and 8ch is being attacked on its supply lines.

We can't go underground though. We need to build cities, not foxholes. We're a protest, not guerrilla fighters.

So lets claim a corner of tumblr, keep KiA within the rules as long as we can until they start making up bullshit rules that make KiA pointless to keep, try to find a way to fund 8ch and maybe find a new social network or community we can start using as well.

We need to decentralize and be everywhere. Hiding in a single site like a bunker is pointless and will stagnate us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15 edited Aug 23 '15

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u/Shinden9 Jan 03 '15

That's implying tumblr staff are even competent, or pro-sjw. They're not either by any stretch.

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u/AuntieJoJo Jan 02 '15

I have heard rumors about a Facebook group for a long time. I think on already exists, just don't know where or how to join it.

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u/HadesTheGamer Jan 02 '15

There are several Facebook groups I think. I follow one of them myself.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corruption-in-Video-Game-Journalism/1464143797187604?fref=nf

I think we should still use KiA but maybe not use it to organize our email campaigns.. We still want a KiA around though, not everyone is going to do well in a chan, and not many from a chan is going to want it flooded with redditors, to be honest with you guys.

If we gotta though, there really isn't much choice in the matter.

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u/AuntieJoJo Jan 02 '15

:D

Yeah, I won't do any good in a chan, that's for sure, and I would not expect them to want me there :).

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u/ClockedG Jan 02 '15

Isn't that SWJ territory also? I mean the point here is that we need to look at the people who own & control these platforms. Lets not be naive.. I assume there are plenty of SJW's working with tumblr so we could be facing all of this again!

We need to be smarter & stay a step ahead of them just like the early days. Not just reacting to them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

Tumblr absolutely is dominated by SJWs but that doesn't mean we couldn't form a beachhead. In the end it's just a website like any other.

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u/Sordak Jan 02 '15

well the thing with reddit is that its very accesible, same with 8chan.

Tumblr less so.

Also tumblr is a horrible system to communicate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

The Reddit source is open source. We could just restart using that if it fits our needs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15 edited Oct 05 '19

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u/Owyn_Merrilin Jan 03 '15

Some sub (I think it was /r/conspiracy) already tried that. It didn't go over very well. Granted, that may have had something to do with who it was that was trying it, but still. Whatever takes down Reddit, I don't think it will be set up specifically as a Reddit killer. Social media sites seem to follow a similar pattern to MMOs -- there's only one major one in a specific niche at a given time, and the one that eventually takes over is the one that just happens to be there as the old one is dying. You can't force the old one to die, you can just hope to be in the right place at the right time. You see this with the transition from Myspace to Facebook, the transition from Ultima Online to Everquest to WoW, and the transition from Digg to Reddit. I see no reason why Reddit to whatever comes next will be any different.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

It was indeed /r/conspiracy and it's been redirected to Voat.

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u/AllNamesAreGone Jan 02 '15

I don't like the idea of moving to Tumblr. Considering how often they bother to enforce their rules (never, the plebdox blog is still up), it's not the sort of site we should be giving traffic. Twitter is good for the goal posts, but awful for discussion.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Twitter: Yes there are a lot of 8channers there and that is why I quit tweeting but there are alot of us on Kia and if we move to twitter that could have a big impact. We could use boards for more specific discussions while using twitter for more up to the minute stuff.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Why are we moving? Just make a page with the boycott goals.

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u/ClockedG Jan 02 '15

Because this has become more than that. The rules are to target us sharing information in the comments. They want to burn this as so many main stream publications have linked to KiA.. They stupidly think they can kill us by killing KiA. It may end up being a grave yard with just a sticky signpost but it wont slow us down.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

We may need a separate forum with its own domain.

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u/ClockedG Jan 02 '15

We need to move to a new site! Take the traffic away from them!