RolStoppable said:
LurkerJ said:
Didn't he do that for a lot of other topics? For example, the mere mention of VGC there grants you a ban. I also would understand why didn't he want the topic to be discussed at all even if he was innocent.
Are you familiar with Kesha and Dr Luke (her music producer)?
She's a trashy pop singer who buried her music producer's career and turned his life into a living hell. Everyone sided with her, even though her allegations were never proven right and she has lost every battle in court so far. Not only that, but as the case went on, evidence emerged that she did hit on the guy numerous times and she had to change the premise of her entire case against him.
Non of that mattered in the end, she's still viewed as the victim and Dr Luke is the sleazy bastard, despite never being proven guilty. She ruined his life completely and all it took was making headlines by crying in public. She released an album lately and her shit was celebrated with no regard to the fact that she obviously used the "rape" card to get out of her contract. Imagine how Dr Luke felt, when all of his kids got to hear from the media, was that their father is a rapist, and not the whole truth.
Anyway, I am not invested and I am not defending the neogaf headmod, or whatever his position there is. All I am trying to say is that in this day and age you can be labelled as "x" just because a bunch of overly sensitive bloggers decided to smear you.
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The other instances of censorship don't explain why a number of mods quit their jobs in light of the accusation and the ensuing instructions. Somebody who has power and uses it to get an unfair advantage (e.g. censoring all unfavorable or contrarian opinions), that's exactly the mentality that can lead to an incident as described by the accuser.
I am not familiar with Kesha and Dr Luke. Of course there are women who abuse the system, but that's not even a valid defense in the general sense. For that to matter, the majority of women would have to be liars when it comes to such accusations.
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It was a highly publicized issue until the courts ruled in Dr.Luke's favor. Afterwards, you had to search for updates on the case, and conveniently, further updates enforced the notion that she might have been lying. But you're right, Kesha's case is probably an anomaly, but it was me trying to come up with a reason as to why someone would want not to be associated at all with sexual assaults claims despite how true/false those claims are.
Anyhow, NeoGaf has become a great example of how not to run any forums. Their model was unsustainable and I am grateful VGC has its own separate identity.
