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Gamergate - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 days ago by TheBat@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

This always felt like the turning point for the decline of online discourse to me.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Yeah, the fact that Epstein was a fan of 4chan and hung out with moot makes everything about this moment make a lot more sense in retrospect

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

Same. 2015-16 is when I think everything went to shit. Gamergate. Brexit. Trump. The internet stopped being fun and turned into what it is now.