During Gamergate we caught one or two frauds trying to beg for money from us. After that, Thidran's IRC crew and GGRevolt began a campaign against "e-celebs" that turned into a witch hunt against anybody who was not fully anonymous. They went after everyone on Twitter who was an effective messenger and they tried to troll and destroy KotakuInAction and /gamergatehq/. It destroyed us, and they still insist that they were in the right and that we "cucked" for refusing to help them destroy our own leaders, allies, and communities.
My advice on e-celebs is to use them to reach a broader audience, be aware that others are using them, and be aware that they will use you back to push their message and that of any sponsors they have. They are self-promoters. That's the game. Use it to your advantage. Don't cut them off unless they, personally, have proven to be hostile to you or to be allied with hostile parties.
People called moderately famous Youtubers and podcasters like Internet Aristocrat "e-celebs" because they had a following on the Internet and nowhere else. The term was neutral until the divide-and-conquer trolls from ggrevolt started using it as an insult and told us to stop sending news tips to them, then they started using the term "e-celeb" against any Twitter user who was on our side. Originally, an e-celeb is an Internet personality and that's all it meant.
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Arrvee ago
During Gamergate we caught one or two frauds trying to beg for money from us. After that, Thidran's IRC crew and GGRevolt began a campaign against "e-celebs" that turned into a witch hunt against anybody who was not fully anonymous. They went after everyone on Twitter who was an effective messenger and they tried to troll and destroy KotakuInAction and /gamergatehq/. It destroyed us, and they still insist that they were in the right and that we "cucked" for refusing to help them destroy our own leaders, allies, and communities.
My advice on e-celebs is to use them to reach a broader audience, be aware that others are using them, and be aware that they will use you back to push their message and that of any sponsors they have. They are self-promoters. That's the game. Use it to your advantage. Don't cut them off unless they, personally, have proven to be hostile to you or to be allied with hostile parties.
srayzie ago
What are e-celebs?
Arrvee ago
People called moderately famous Youtubers and podcasters like Internet Aristocrat "e-celebs" because they had a following on the Internet and nowhere else. The term was neutral until the divide-and-conquer trolls from ggrevolt started using it as an insult and told us to stop sending news tips to them, then they started using the term "e-celeb" against any Twitter user who was on our side. Originally, an e-celeb is an Internet personality and that's all it meant.
srayzie ago
Oh ok. I heard about Gamergate. Sounds like it was a really big deal.
Arrvee ago
Would you like to know more? Some of it ties right into many of the things we're discussing.
srayzie ago
Sure!