Rewriting Ripley Pod
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Just some tired Star Wars fans || account run by @informalmajesty II https://t.co/W8mNicDGEw
Joined December 2020
Hello, @TeamYouTube, the Star Wars community would at the very least appreciate a formal response or update in regards to our well documented and pressing concerns about YouTubers pushing prolonged harassment on your platform.
A handful of YouTubers have jeopardized the safety of our community & the creatives we love for too long. The Star Wars fandom demands action. @TeamYouTube demonetize Nerdrotic, Ryan Kinel - RK Outpost, and Geeks + Gamers. Hate SHOULD NOT be a career path.
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A handful of YouTubers have jeopardized the safety of our community & the creatives we love for too long. The Star Wars fandom demands action. @TeamYouTube demonetize Nerdrotic, Ryan Kinel - RK Outpost, and Geeks + Gamers. Hate SHOULD NOT be a career path.
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All of my private information + that of a former Lucasfilm employee are now on a website known for publishing materials related to the Christchurch mosque shootings. To @starwars & the community: How many times must this happen until we address this for what this is?.
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If you’re angered by the video above, take action. Ask YouTube to demonetize the hate on their platform with this letter from the Star Wars community.
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Thank you all for the support. I have just been doxxed by The Quartering. We fully expected this and I am sure many of you are aware that this is what they do. -Katie.
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This will not surprise many in fandom, but here’s another data point: Yes, the same YouTubers who incited harassment against Kelly Marie Tran, Moses Ingram are also connected to harassment against #RingsOfPower cast, a network analysis of 1k tweets finds.
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In response to recent events and in reflection of the research and analysis that has been presented here: this harassment will never end until we call this for what this is — uncontrolled hate, normalized misogyny and established white supremacy🧵.
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The Quartering claims that I deserved to be doxxed because I lied about him. Arguments against that logic aside, he forgets that we've only used their words. So, here are more words revealing that the doxxing was organized by comicsgate and brought to The Quartering's network.
Here's Jeremy saying he has no problem with people doxxing @rewritingripley bc 'they put our personal info out there' including 'financials' .- these are lies. All information was found in their channels or publicly available stats sites. Jeremy just hates women.
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We specifically made sure that our names wouldn't be anywhere public, including our twitter handles. This also includes information on the podcast, the podcast website, and the Medium article. I wrote a 50 page article essentially on Gamergate. We are well aware of the risks.
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.@TeamYouTube, this is an admission that you have not reviewed our concerns, proven by saying “this video” when there are 10+ videos in question. However, thank you for confirming your inability to take safety seriously. You & your advertisers will be hearing more from us soon.
@rewritingripley thanks for reaching out. just heard back and confirmed that this content is not violative & will remain up. we totally understand you may not agree with this decision, but we reviewed this video very carefully against our policies.
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Ethan Van Sciver is the backbone of “The Fandom Menace” who incites followers to “fight back” against those who oppose bigotry. We’ve seen his tactics from “jokes” of ethnic violence to supporting the doxing&threatening of women. This isn’t a fan community. This is a hate group.
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Slight change in the program: we have decided to make our two-part podcast series on alt right radicalization in Star Wars fandom into three parts. The second part of the series will drop tomorrow.
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Ethan Van Sciver supported the doxxing from user "Smug Freiza," reacting to the release of my private information with "winner." Does anybody require me to make this any more clear?
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Jack Posobiec has been following the events around this pod from the beginning in case you had any doubts how threatened these people get when you address who they really are w/ facts and data. We had less than 150 followers at the time of the article launch.
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Additionally, I would like to point out, @TeamYouTube, that nobody in Star Wars fandom has requested select videos to be removed, simply that a handful of YouTube channels should be demonetized. The lack of clarity in your response to address our real concerns is appalling.
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. and here come the death threats. This is the playbook. This has been the playbook since 2014.
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In a recently published @Salon article, @McTelevision asks,"what are complaints about…casting for diversity if not a weaker version of the so-called Great Replacement Theory?". It's a fair question with an easy answer: There is no difference at all
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To executives: The internet is not a boundless data source. It is highly controllable and manipulated to normalize the loudest voices on the platforms with the most engagement. If you need data, rely on segmentations, brand trackers, etc. Do not rely on YouTube engagement rates.
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We need to start addressing this now with actual action and important conversations or we will only enable a future that is increasingly unsafe for BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA & the most vulnerable communities among us.
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To tech cos: Understand that your platforms are the number one cause of ongoing hate, harassment&radicalization &your systems to prevent it aren’t enough. For ex: someone can host a livestream, spew the most vitriolic hate speech possible, monetize the chat, and then remove it.
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This person has successfully monetized that hate& has deleted the evidence of it. @TeamYouTube do you recognize that the systems you have in place to protect against radicalization that could lead to the next mass shooting are not as effective as they could be?.
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From the racist hate crimes in Orlando, El Paso and Atlanta to a Capitol insurrection — this all starts w/ online radicalization on the most visible platforms feeding on fear&hate ingrained in our society.
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To everybody else: It goes w/o saying that you should understand the source of everything you read, but too often we only read flashy headlines or tweet threads. The spread of hate&harassment, even unknowingly, contributes. Know your source. Create trusted networks. Educate kids.
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If you found this article informative, please consider donating to the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose work battling racist extremism and hate in the United States is essential to the fight for human rights.
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Our final podcast episode on radicalization in Star Wars fandom will be up tomorrow. We're talking about the danger of online narratives, racist harassment against Lucasfilm employees, & we discuss what it's like to be a target of a hate group (don't worry, we have some laughs).
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This needs to stop now. We need education on the insidious and consistent harassment tactics employed by vast networks of people who build up followings on mainstream social platforms, within local hate groups or behind anonymous accounts on Reddit.
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We're bringing this series on radicalization in fandom to a close. We discuss racist harassment against creatives, how easy it is to believe YouTube, that time we were doxxed, and Lady V wonders how much sobbing was done into a MyPillow since this began.
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Working for 4 yrs in augmented reality tech, I own tech w/ the potential to create a virtual space where anybody can gather “in person”&anything scanned on an iPhone can be fully visualized. This is exciting for so many reasons & has amazing use cases that can change the world. .
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So what do we do when we find ourselves in a new technological generation and we’ve done nothing to change the build up of hate groups online, the normalization of racist hate speech and terrorist acts, and an easily accessible pipeline that radicalizes millions?.
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But it presents new dangers—a new set of rules and perils to learn about when so few of us have understood the terrifying & harmful ways the first generation of technology has been weaponized against politics, culture and human rights.
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Welcome to the Math Episode. Katie monologues her social media analysis (spoiler alert: The Last Jedi wasn't "polarizing."). She also gets real with her past brush with radicalization in online fandom and Lady V did not figure Muse in her 2021 bingo card.
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The potential for strategically planned terrorist attacks, highly effective propaganda, and more impactful, efficient organization is high. And it’s coming in 5-10 years while we have done so little to stop what has been happening online for over a decade.
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This is a generation of computing where the physical and the digital is blurred. It’s a world where you can now take any building, any location and visualize it at scale with people together in one space without ever having to leave their homes.
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It's not a coincidence that OAN/Posobiec are behind targeted harassment of women from WashPo to our podcast. This isn't an "occupational hazard." It happened to me. I'm not a journalist. This is a coordinated attack on truth & any woman who delivers it.
gl*nn gr**nwald and j*ck posobi*c are directing insane harassment to a literal INTERN (!!!) at USA Today . what kind of grown adult speaks this way to random young women doing their job. it’s sickening. love this cute industry where harassment is supposedly par for the course.
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@TeamYouTube Thank you. Relevant videos and channels have been reported. We hope you make the right decision.
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“There is nothing virtual about online violence. Online violence against women journalists is designed to belittle, humiliate, and shame; induce fear, silence, and retreat. it cannot afford to be normalised or tolerated as an inevitable aspect of online discourse.” -UNESCO.
UN catalogues ‘chilling tide of abuse’ against female journalists
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Our 1st ep is up! . We discuss Ben Shapiro's latest grift & do ppl ACTUALLY say "Gary Stu" or is it all just sexism?. Listen here (or subscribe on Stitcher, Google, ITunes, Spotify): & check out our website for full show notes:
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This podcast episode is a compliment to our 50+ page deep dive into radicalization in Star Wars fandom. Check it out here:
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1M data points. Analyzed. 15k words. Proofread. Podcast. Edited. Hosts. Exhausted.
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We analyzed where a big part of fandom is now, but how did it begin? Next week we're kicking off a multi-part series on the [brief] history of online fandom where we will run through everything from Angelfire, FanFiction, Albino Blacksheep & Tumblr to dark web & 4chan.☎️⬆️🌎
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@TeamYouTube Hello! Thank you so much. Please know this is NOT an isolated incident. ComicArtistPro Secrets has 18 vids pushing harassment against Kelly Marie Tran (who was driven off of Instagram due to racist harassment in 2018) including a 1 hr vid cutting off the head of her action figure
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Panic! In the Fandom. It's 2005 to 2013 and we talk YouTube's founding, Justin Bieber hate, 4chan, fanfiction puritans and purges, the LiveJournal strikethrough, and yes, Richard Spencer. Alexa, play "We Didn't Start the Fire". Check out this week's ep:
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Our first episode goes live this Thursday & we're using 250k data points to answer once & for all: Do people ACTUALLY use "Gary Stu" as much as they use "Mary Sue?" . Check out some of the things we'll be talking about in episodes to come:
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We retweeted this a few days ago, but if you haven't had time to read it, please do. It's important.
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The final part of our 3 episode series on the brief history of fandom drops this weekend with an overview of fandom events from 2014 to present. We're talking extremist PsyOps, the internet's misconceptions of toxicity and abuse, and what Milo Yiannopoulos has to do with Tumblr.
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On this week’s ep, we talk online fandom from 2014 to present. We’re covering everything from social media NSFW bans to increasingly prevalent (& political) attempts to sow discord in fandom. We also ruminate on the future of fandom & “digital society.”
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On today's pod, Katie & Lady V tackle fandom in the Web 1.0. We're talking FanFiction, flash animation, memes, RuneScape, and the holy trinity of fandom: GeoCities, Angelfire, and Tripod (amen). Also. anime body pillows? .Listen here:
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@TeamYouTube This is the full video: This channel's racist harassment and hate speech will continue if nothing is done. We really appreciate your eyes on this and please let us know if you need further information.
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Hey all! Unfortunately, we have to delay the next episode due to technical difficulties (also. SOMEBODY. decided to go poolside for a week). In the meantime, here's a sneak peak 👀
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32 villains enter, 1 VILLAIN LEAVES. Join us as we talk, argue, and plead our cases in a 32 villain bracket with only 1 coming out on top. Friendships will be tested, patience tried, pandemonium!. Or maybe you'll have a good time, who knows?.
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If you can hear this gif, you already know where this is going. New episode drops tomorrow and we're reminiscing about web 1.0 (and llamas).
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@El__Viento Thank you! We’re doing this for free but we do encourage people to donate to the SPLC ( ) or to the ACLU ( ).
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@AliaaAloha Yep! We’ll be posting all links on Thursday. We’re also on Spotify, Google, and Stitcher !.
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Check this space! We'll be releasing more details soon.
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@ClarissaDeLune There are natural breaks in the pod so the pod itself is broken into sections. Going forward, we'll add in time stamps! Episodes will typically be about an hour and will be split into 2-3 parts. Next pod is an exception b/c it will break from our normal format.
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@jedi_rogue Yes, Trinity is in there. Yes, she is amazing. No, no fem character is whatever a “Mary Sue” means to ppl this week because the term is inherently sexist & has no basis in literary criticism 😌.
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@CydonPrax Up to you! But take into consideration the WHOLE character (personality, weaknesses, characterization, etc) and compare.
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@dragonbabezee Most of the topics we are covering are general cross-fandom topics so fandoms will include Marvel, Star Wars, DC, Shadow and Bone, anime fandoms, video game fandoms. It all depends on what is relevant for that topic! :).
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