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MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)
15. Gamergate?
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 02:07 PM
Dec 2016

As far as I can tell, the whole Gamergate thing really spun the part of the internet where Anonymous lived around in a new direction. As part of that whole thing, 4chan ended up under new management, with new rules, and it ceased to be "cool" to them. The sort of people formerly drawn to Anonymous-style hacktivism ended up more concerned about ongoing fights with "Tumblr Feminists" and "Social Justice Warriors". They were radicalized for our opposition, by whatever happened back in 2013-14.

But that's me, trying to piece together a narrative from bits-n-bobs I've read around the internet and from things a few old computer graphics acquaintances have said. Could be completely off-base.

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