http://ohdeargodbees.tumblr.com/post/119343938684/risky-business
The way the industry is reacting to this is disgusting and we should demand better. Please read.
Over the course of running Crash Override, weve gotten a lot of cases where people were worried about their livelihoods. What happens if they find my stalkers blogs about me? Will they fire me from all the phone calls from strangers? Theyre mass emailing my boss demanding I be fired - even though its one person sending a bunch of mails. How will I ever find a job after this? Do I have anything to worry about?
With a really fucking heavy heart Ive gotta say yes. Yes you do.
Especially if you work in a game studio.
I know it because Ive had a front row seat to the way things work in this environment for the last 9 months.
Theres so much about how day to day life is impacted by being targeted by campaigns of online harassment that no one seems to understand until theyve been there - then it seems like we all speak the same language: paranoia, social anxiety, crumbling relationships, and fear. Its hard to translate some of it to anyone outside of this, but Id like to try.
The way the industry is reacting to this is disgusting and we should demand better. Please read.