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We must bulldoze what’s left of the nerdy white men’s Internet

Internet demographics change every few years. Computers get better and new social networks bring more diverse social groups online. That means that with every new year, young men become a less and less valuable primary demographic for tech companies to cater to.

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KnowTechie3350d ago ShowReplies(1)
Ogygian3349d ago (Edited 3349d ago )

Of course demographics of tech users change to reflect the wider European and American populations (though they're still mostly white, even if more gender balanced). Japanese and Chinese tend to do their own thing on the tech front, at least in terms of their interactive entertainment markets.

But this change is not occurring quite that fast, and the most important thing to companies is the demographics of total expenditure.

While women (because race itself has always had hardly anything to do with tech interest) are finally now getting engaged with tech, men are spending more than they used to. Thus, the demographics are not changing where they really matter for companies: the revenue streams. And then of course we have the fact that like-minded people congregate together in the same places. Gamergate rightly or wrongly was just a reaction to what they thought was another group dictating what they should do from the outside (I cannot abide this argument that they're all nasty extremists, as it's identical to the argument that all muslims are terrorists).

But this article strikes a somewhat immature tone, so I wouldn't suggest anyone bother with it. Basically, the author just adopts a triumphalist manner while laying into Gamergate and "nerdy white men".

Perhaps this article does alert us to one unfortunate truth, however. Yes folks: the school bully has learned to use the internet!

SilentNegotiator3349d ago

"Immature" doesn't begin to describe it. From the lame cartoon that had about as much thought put into it as someone relieving themselves to the casual white uncle tom racism...

rdgneoz33348d ago

"Gamergate rightly or wrongly was just a reaction to what they thought was another group dictating what they should do from the outside"

No.... Gamergate was a result a group of people questioning the ethics of different "journalists" and developers after 1 dev (who had a boyfriend at the time) decided to bang 4 "journalists" (as well as her married boss) to promote her game. All the journalists gave rave previews / reviews of the game which helped to get it greenlit on steam, all the while never once mentioning their relationship. The woman then played the victim card and said people were harassing her because she was a woman, not because she slept with 4 people to get publicity for her game and to get it greenlit.

Then you had people like Sarkeesian doing fake death threats against herself. And Zoe Quinn (again) sabotaging The Fine Young Capitalists’ Game Jam which was to "assist five women game developers in creating video games to raise money for charity", just to promote her own game jam which had no set start date at all...

But some will claim it's the men being mean to girls and not letting them in their club.

fashionst3349d ago

More sensationalist writing about a bogeyman..

Godmars2903349d ago

So this is where the anti-GG articles have gotten to...

annoyedgamer3349d ago (Edited 3349d ago )

Imagine if I said we must abolish the ghetto black men's *insert something author dislikes*...

Ban this guy before he rewrites this article and resubmits it every week. Folks like this are known to do that. This rubbish was banned from N4G for a reason.

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Twitter Blue problems? How to sign up for verification despite error messages

Signing up for the new Twitter Blue has caused problems for some folks. The Shortcut details the roadblocks you may hit trying to sign up and how to get around them.

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EvilCackle499d ago (Edited 499d ago )

Good thing I signed up at launch so people know I'm the real evilcackle

CurrentDigital499d ago

Huge loss for those who don't know where else to spend their surplus $8 a month

SwiderMan498d ago

Still haven't been approved for Twitter Blue :/

gatewayinternational495d ago

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Thousands of top websites collect your data in real-time as you type

Websites are harvesting our data even before we

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The days of remaining anonymous on the internet are coming to an end

Regulations are beginning to require users to verify their identification online.

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