/atheism/ - Atheism

The dick is in, I repeat: the dick is in.

>>4998
Don't pull out.

>>5000
5k confirm we must go all in. awaiting aGGro salt.

>>5005
The salt must flow.

I also have no idea what the block bot is, I don't even use twitter.

All I hear every day is block bot this block bot that, what the fuck is block bot? Does it involve twitter?

>>5017
Also, is it a virus? If it's a program that blocks tweets from other users, and can be installed manually with consent, then how is it any different than adblock then? I would understand if it infiltrated your PC and silently block tweets from a list, that would be very bad, but if it's with consent what's all the hype around it then?

I may be wrong though on block bot, I don't know what it is. Even googling it news assume you know what it is.

It looks to me like some program or sign in list that people can voluntarily choose that lets them block certain content on twitter

It's kind of confusing how it works, some people are saying that entries are user submitted, others are saying it lets you choose who to block

Not really a good thing, but not really the scandal I was expecting./

I'm not really into social media, what got me was doesn't twitter already have a feature that lets you block certain content?

http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2zshkh/the_block_bot_reborn/

https://twitter.com/theblockbot

>>5019
So basically it is what I expected? A voluntary list that you can choose to enable yourself, without anyone forcing you to do so. A "block messages/comments from this person" feature that is not made by twitter but still is not spyware.

Oh my fucking god. Is this it's all about? Are you kidding me? This is the thing that will get in legal trouble and everyone talks about now? Absolutely ridiculous.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for free speech and no censoring/self censoring, but this is just silly. It's like adblock, but replacing ads with comments from people. And it's voluntary, how the fucking hell does this cause legal trouble? It just doesn't make sens, plenty of websites if not most of them, even fucking e-mails have features that will block how many hundreds of persons you want. If you choose to do so, you can block messages from most people on most forums and websites. So what makes this special?

If stupid people want to shield themselves from becoming rational, why not let them? If they only want to hear opinions from radical feminists, why not let them? If this causes legal trouble then why not also ban block features from all the other websites in the world? It's a very stupid thing to block people who you don't like on twitter, but so it is on any other website then. What makes twitter so special? Why is the police involved in this?

WHY
WHY
WHY

It's a block feature that is absolutely voluntary that exists in most websites, but this one gets attention from the police? Am I getting block bot wrong? I don't use fucking twitter or never read about block bot, please do correct me if I am getting the wrong idea.

Obligatory you can already block people on twitter.

>>5017
>>5018
Some code monkey in the IGDA (International Game Dev Assoc.) wrote a block bot for "the worst harassers in GamerGate" and the IGDA put it in the endorsed links section of their website.

Here's the algorithm:
>take a hardcoded list of GG "thought leaders" (it's like 5 people who had the top tweets at the time the coder checked)
>all of their followers are added to the block list
That's it.

There are ~10,000 people on the list. Including a number of IGDA officials from various countries. Including @KFC. Including a number of game developers with and without membership in the IGDA.

>>5021
>WHY
Because the IGDA accused the people on the list of "the worst" harassment in GamerGate.

It's not the blockbot itself. It's the IGDA's endorsement of it, its dragnet algorithm, and the associated accusation of harassment.

>>5034
Yeah thats fucking bullshit. Before I realized that both sides of gamergate were insufferable, I made a literal few GG tweets and followed some people in the movement. Just because of that my account was eventually put on the block list. Worst harassers my ass.

>>5047
For me the problem with gamergate is that they are scared to play the PR game so they just go all out and do things like plastering their enemies on porn pictures, and people don't speak out and argue with people they disagree with in fear of being called a shill. The SJW's will make them look bad no matter what they do, but they don't realize is that by doing what they are doing, they are making the SJW's partly right. /pol/ has fucking ruined gamergate at this point.

>>5079
> is that they are scared to play the PR game so they just go all out
They aren't given a chance to play the PR game, no media outlet would let them on. Not to mention there is practically a witch hunt against them.
>and do things like plastering their enemies on porn pictures
That sounds more like Baph. Also doubtful than anymore than a fraction of 1% of GGers are actually involved in this. Also if we were to compare the number of porn crap to the other content I'd wager this porn shit would make less than 1%.
>and people don't speak out and argue with people they disagree with in fear of being called a shill
If that was true they wouldn't be such a popular board, there is plenty of arguments on GG. Arguments boost post rates like nothing else.
>but they don't realize is that by doing what they are doing, they are making the SJW's partly right
SJWs will cherrypick a few bad apples, they don't represent the whole. Most of GG are just regular gamers who are tired of how shitty the industry has become. They aren't even involved in content creation or tweeting or posting.
>/pol/ has fucking ruined gamergate at this point
Not really, GG is distinct and most GGers try to keep it that way from what I've seen and something tells me I spend more time with them than you. In fact the dynamic is really nice, GG isn't hostile to /pol/ but neither do they really buy into their crap. Look at the incident with Common Core, /pol was rambling on about it with little to no evidence and GG remained skeptical, only when the ADL teamed up with Sarkeesian to write the CC curriculum did GG get on board against CC.

>>5081
edit:
>They aren't even involved in that kind of content creation or tweeting or posting.

>>5079
I'd qualify all the charity fund-raising as trying to 'play the PR game'.

The situation is that no media outlet WANTS to acknowledge the actual good they've done, let alone all the money raised to bring more women into game development. It runs contrary to the narrative these outlets have placed their bets on.

>>5095
This.

>>5095
>>5081
I can't speak for anyone else, but I donated because I hadn't been aware of those charities until people in GG pointed them out to me. I could give a fuck what the world at large thinks of GG/8chan/vidya. Being the outcasts is what allowed vidya to flourish anyway - nobody to police our shit.

>>5155
You know, except all the laws the SJW's might potentially put in place.

>>5221
I was going make a dubious response until I remembered the US isn't the entire world. I hope Europe doesn't end up like Germany/Australia.

>>5360
Or the worst: South Korea where minors have to stop playing videogames at a certain time or be arrested and have their computers seized, and the mod community is dead because every single videogame related thing has to be fined for a rating. They are cracking the fuck down on videogames as they are seen as a severe social problem.

>>5364
I thought China was the one that law for minors. Korea has a lot of dumb laws though, and they just got rid of the no adultery law this year. Their statutory rape laws also only became gender neutral in 2011.

>>5365
That all sounds quite horrifying…..link, maybe?

>>5395
Links were posted in the thread, but they were easily accessible just by searching the terms he's referring to on Wikipedia.

And the links to the videos he posted are under the videos in the photo.

Every single thing that he's stating seems to check out.

This one in particular is quite odd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Gender_Equality_and_Family

But what do you expect from a country where christianity is popular and pornography is illegal.

>>5364
>>5365
That's crazy. I have family who recently moved to the US from SK and they have kids who love vidya. They would definitely be getting in trouble since they tend to sneak downstairs and play in the morning.

>>5448
You have to use your Korean Social Security for your account.

>>5039
>>5047
I'm really tired of hearing about GG at this point. I hate SJWs as much as the next guy, but anyone who puts that much effort into trying to get some hipster faggots fired, needs to get out more.

>>5034
Oh wow, as a game dev that attends IGDA…. fuck them. I'll never go back. It was going total SJW with a spin anyways. I posted a bit about it in /gamergate/ . It's probably going to get worse before it gets better from what I've seen…

>>5509
I know how you feel but letting their idiocy run unchallenged would result in the same kind of nonsense running amok if we didn't challenge creationists.