{"id":5923,"date":"2015-10-29T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T02:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2015-11-14T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T23:06:13","slug":"worth-sharing-this-is-not-a-game-how-sxsw-turned-gamergate-abuse-into-a-spectator-sport-the-daily-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/29\/worth-sharing-this-is-not-a-game-how-sxsw-turned-gamergate-abuse-into-a-spectator-sport-the-daily-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport &#8211; The Daily Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Clearly, we still have a LONG way to go, and a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/27\/this-is-not-a-game-how-sxsw-turned-gamergate-abuse-into-a-spectator-sport.html?via=mobile&amp;source=facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/48198446.cached.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Citing \u2018violent threats,\u2019 SXSW canceled a panel about harassment in games, as well as a pro-GamerGate panel that cropped up as a counterpunch. But the story is much stranger than that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/27\/this-is-not-a-game-how-sxsw-turned-gamergate-abuse-into-a-spectator-sport.html\">This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport &#8211; The Daily Beast<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5923'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5923);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5923);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5923);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Clearly, we still have a LONG way to go, and a lot of work to do. Citing \u2018violent threats,\u2019 SXSW canceled a panel about harassment in games, as well as a pro-GamerGate panel that cropped up as a counterpunch. But &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/29\/worth-sharing-this-is-not-a-game-how-sxsw-turned-gamergate-abuse-into-a-spectator-sport-the-daily-beast\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[397,12,81,396,363],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science","category-games","category-information-technology","category-serious-games","category-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1xx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4838,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/23\/2015-ieee-games-entertainment-and-media-gem-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":5923,"position":0},"title":"2015 IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) Conference","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"IEEE-GEM.ORG. 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