For safety in the #TTRPG space, a couple of mod lists you may want to subscribe to.
GamerGate chuds: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Anti-"woke" gamer bros: bsky.app/profile/did:...
What other mod lists do you recommend for the safety of the #TTRPGCommunity?
P.S. Lists *can* have errors. Use wisely!
Posts by Neutral Good Podcast
That's essentially what Gamergate was: some guy got upset at his game dev GF broke up with him, so he threw out rumors she slept with gaming journalists and reviewers and it exploded from there.
Zoe Quinn wrote one (Crash Override, I think? ), and Inside Gamergate by James(?) Desborough - podcast wise, there's of course Feminist Frequency.
the manosphere first became a noteworthy thing online in the late 2010s. The below age range is full of men who participated in Gamergate from their college dorms and parents' basements
Okay GENUINELY it has been a pet theory of mine that the decrease in funding for school-sponsored hobbies (bands, arts, a lot of sports even) has coincided nearly one-to-one with the rise of gamergate/MAGA/right wing extremism
The GamerGate wing of the Republican Party is ascendant, and I dread the coming results.
For an accessible look at Gamergate in bite sized episodes, check out NeutralGoodPodcast.com.
🕹️ Curious about the #GamerGate saga? Episode 2 of Neutral Good breaks down the key events, from the Zoe Post to the ethics in games journalism. Tune in for a comprehensive analysis! www.neutralgoodpodcast.com/gamers/ #Gaming #Podcast #NeutralGood
Episode 7 of Neutral Good dropped this week. Take a listen and learn about GamerGate's lasting effects on gamers, gaming, and games!
www.neutralgoodpodcast.com/s1e7
Neutral Good Episode 5 is all about /v/'s Vivian James character and how deranged 4chan really is
www.neutralgoodpodcast.com/s1e5