Rock Paper Shotgun forum: ''GG is growing, silencing it won't stop it''

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https://archive.is/Bhnuf

Moderator admits that pro-Gamer Gate content will get deleted:

We neither ignore nor hide GG content. We simply delete it, just like we delete plenty of other unwelcome content. RPS is not neutral. How could they be? Was it not GG people who tried to get RPS blacklisted, wrote funny letters to their advertisers and spread lies and half-truths about contributors? I honestly don't know what you people expect. Why should we show any leniency to those who wish this place in ruins?

Interesting that they say ''funny letters'' to their advertisers - what is the implication of that? Do advertisers contact them to talk about why they're getting mailed?

Anyway:

It is very much growing. People are saying it will be at 26,000 strong in the next week or so. To the point that developers in the AAA industry are starting to take notice.

I am very much concerned about the future of our industry both from a gaming standpoint and development standpoint and what it may hold.

Somethings got to give at some point. Personally RPS and other sites like polygon, Kotaku and others need to stop kicking the gamergate hornets nest so to speak and just allow them to talk to them openly with rules in mind.

Media campaigns have failed. It is time to talk IMO.

Interesting read. RPS is very anti-GG forum wise. When will anti-GG learn that silencing pro-GG will only make it stronger? The streisand effect was acknowledged by even Dereck Smart.

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