Watching Anita Sarkeesian at XOXO

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I had one more experience at the XOXO Festival that I wanted to mention. I really
enjoyed Anita Sarkeesian’s talk. You can watch it here: Sarkeesian explained her
experience with humor and grace, and that really resonated with me. I don’t want
to join the tone police–passionate voices have a role in this discussion too, [
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I had one more experience at the XOXO FestivalXOXO Festival that I wanted to mention.
I really enjoyed Anita Sarkeesian’s talk. You can watch it here:

Sarkeesian explained her experience with humor and grace, and that really resonated
with me. I don’t want to join the tone police–passionate voices have a role in
this discussion too, and passion may work well for others. But I know it can be
hard to take abuse while making your case with civility, and I admired Sarkeesian
’s ability to rise above the fray.
As part of my job, I’ve unfortunately become somewhat of a connoisseur of vitriol
and threats. My first death threat was over a decade ago in a situation involving
the DMCA and the Church of ScientologyDMCA and the Church of Scientology (before
you jump to assumptions, the death threat came from the anti-Scientology side).
I got a threat at a 2002 search conference that I considered credible enough that
I started carrying a cell phone with me after that. I got an open-ended threat against
my family just a couple weeks or so agofamily just a couple weeks or so ago, even
though I haven’t been working on webspam for monthsfor months.
But here’s the thing: I’ve never received threats as pointed, menacing, or explicit
as Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, and others discussing GamerGate have. No one should
face threats of physical harm for expressing their opinions. No one should be doxxed
or have their personal information postedpersonal information posted just for expressing
their opinions. That should be the starting point and the bare minimum for any discussion.
If you disagree with someone, win them over with your ideas, not with threats.
I should mention that I’m a big fan of clear disclosure of potential conflicts
of interestclear disclosure of potential conflicts of interest, and I’ve posted
my own disclosure page at the top of my blog for over five yearsat the top of my
blog for over five years. I’ve also been playing computer games since Pong in the
1970sPong in the 1970s. As a kid, I wrote a script to solve Colossal Cave AdventureColossal
Cave Adventure on a local university’s PRIMOSPRIMOS system. I subscribed to Electronic
Games magazineElectronic Games magazine back when people called them “coin-op
” games. By the way, check out that Electronic Games link to see how Nintendo tried
to avoid sexist language in games back in 1993. Hell, I feel bad for people who
never got to play Raiders of the Lost Ark on an Atari 2600, or Infocom games on
a Commodore 64, or marvel the first time they saw the parallax effect in Moon Patrol:


The gaming world is changing, and in my opinion for the better. We’ve got browser-based
games like Kingdom of LoathingKingdom of Loathing or Candybox2Candybox2. We’ve
got absurdist wonders like Progress QuestProgress Quest and games you play outside
like IngressIngress. Playing Depression QuestDepression Quest was important for
me, because I have friends who are deeply affected by depression. I can’t wait
to see where gaming goes next–how about we make virtual and augmented reality work
this time around! I hope that gaming can be even more welcoming to new ideas and
experiences than it was when I was a kid. I also hope everyone can agree that doxxing
and threats aren’t ever welcome.

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**链接**：

XOXO Festival
http://xoxofest.com/
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DMCA and the Church of Scientology
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-865936.html
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family just a couple weeks or so ago
https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/guest-blogging/#comment-102114
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for months
https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/on-leave/
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personal information posted
http://time.com/3535619/felicia-day-writes-about-gamergate-gets-information-hacked/

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clear disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/disclosure/
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at the top of my blog for over five years
https://web.archive.org/web/20091008070559/http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/disclosure/

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Pong in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong
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Colossal Cave Adventure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure
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PRIMOS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRIMOS
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Electronic Games magazine
https://archive.org/stream/Electronic-Games-1993-12/Electronic%20Games%201993-12#page/n37/mode/1up

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Moon Patrol!
https://www.mattcutts.com/images/moon-patrol.gif
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Kingdom of Loathing
http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/
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Candybox2
http://candybox2.net/
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Progress Quest
http://progressquest.com/
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Ingress
https://www.ingress.com/
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Depression Quest
http://www.depressionquest.com/

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