10 Lessons The Gaming Industry Must Learn From #GamerGate
7. #Notyourshield - The Gaming Community Is More Diverse Than You Think
#GamerGate sparked the use of many other hashtags. One of the most interesting being #Notyourshield. Its genuinely pleasing to see so many people with different backgrounds and genders (including feminists and anti-feminists alike) unite under one goal: to not be used as scapegoats when responding to criticism. The fact that some anti-GGers have responded to these people by calling them sock puppets is frankly, disgraceful and emphasises just how little voice these people have unless they agree with them. The claim that #GamerGate is just a collection of white, racist, misogynist, manbabies (which takes the cake for most childish insult ever conceived) was quickly proven false and yet some desperately cling to the this false narrative despite the diversity of the movement becoming more and more apparent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYqBdCmDR0M The tag is also a statement against journalists who think their voice speaks for them. In this tag, every individuals voice is heard and is not utilised to push any agenda.
