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>I am a bit disappointed most of the weaponized autism went to other things. I feel like a more focused pushinto DIGRA would have yeided better longterm strategies against the left in accademia, but that would require us all to read tons and tons of boring research papers and who needs that shit.
I don't think we need to read a bunch of papers to figure out a better long term strategy against this type of threat - we just need to consider what worked last time and what didn't work last time. Gamergate worked wonders. Gawker went down in flames, Zoe Quinn is hailed among some as "the reason that Donald Trump got elected," the credibility of Games Journos is trash, and Vivian James still remains symbolic of video game culture as a whole. This is because we did almost nothing but say "we are upset about this, we will do everything we can to nuke your wallet" and the journalists scrambled to stab themselves in the dick over how there is nothing to be upset about.
So, why did this work?
1) We attacked them in an effective fashion - we struck at their funding and prestige. These are the two things that allow these people to have control. Without money, they cannot speak. Without prestige, none who hears their voice listens.
2) We defended in such a way that the above doesn't matter for us. We don't need money to speak - our platforms do not demand it! We don't need prestige to have the ears of those we convince - our message is clear, simple, and true!
Every tactic we employed was done to further the above two things. Operation Disrespectful Nod, exposing their mailing lists, talking about the issues? All of that was the first thing. Keeping ourselves anonymous, refusing to name leaders, organizing on imageboards? To make the second thing true.
The strategies that kill those who act in complex ways are simple. The left behaves in complex ways.