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JayOtteron GNU Terry Pratchett

Some more context is available in this Reddit thread:

http://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/2ysv26/sir_terry_...

JayOtteron Show HN: Risky, a Chrome extension for 'risky clicks'

Source is on GH, though it's pretty tiny: https://github.com/JoelOtter/risky

JayOtteron Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat

Oh I'm well aware. I'm not sure any PR stunt could have done a better job, though.

JayOtteron Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat

I was trying to be a little bit neutral but...yeah, I think you're probably correct.

JayOtteron Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat

The whole of 'GamerGate' feels almost like a PR stunt to turn the world's media against gamers. The irony is almost palpable.

JayOtteron Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat

She runs a show called 'Feminist Frequency', dedicated to calling out sexist tropes in video games (amongst other things). She appears to have become one of the enemies of the movement known as "#GamerGate". Proponents of the movement will tell you it's about ethics in game journalism, but in reality it seems to have largely become corrupted by misogyny and the like. Several female game developers and journalists have received death threats; it's all rather ugly.

This is the first time I've seen the movement appear on the front page of HN. I hope the discussion can be kept as civil as things normally are on here.