Online Intimidation Quotes

I wouldn't coach football now for nothing, and it's because of social media. That just bothers the heck out of me. People blast ya and you don't put their name down.

I think what a lot of women in the game industry saw with Gamergate is they saw if they came forward, help was not going to come.

There are few people I can talk to about the worst parts of what happened during Gamergate.

I have countless fake accounts on social media sending me hate and it's hard to discern how many people are actually involved.

I feel everybody gets trolled. There is no one who hasn't got trolled on social media. I guess trolling has become norm of social media where people enjoy belittling everybody.

If I have one conversation with one female streamer where we're playing with one another, and even if there's a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever.

People feel emboldened to say things on the Internet they wouldn't in person.

I know how nasty backlash can be on the Internet.

A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.'

I have an unfortunate history with Ethan Ralph. Like many women in the game industry, I've been doxed by him multiple times.

It's impossible to put a video online without hoards of anonymous men picking apart your appearance or saying especially cruel things. It works to silence women who shouldn't be scared of sharing their opinions with others.

We didn't know what was coming next. And, you know, this is not just about computers; this is harassment of individuals, it's harassment of our candidates, harassment of our donors. We had stolen information, personal information. People were personally harassed.

There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.

I don't give a damn about trolls.

Gamergate gave birth to a new kind of celebrity troll, men who made money and built their careers by destroying women's reputations.

My name is Brian and I am a troll. An internet troll.

It's such a thing now, people making fun of other people on the Internet.

Gamergate is a criminal operation to harass women.

Unfortunately, I have the equivalent of 7 PhDs in harassment on Twitter. As one of the primary targets of Gamergate, I've had hundreds and hundreds of threats to my life on Twitter's platform.

There's nothing funnier than getting a death threat via MySpace. Why don't you just write it in a children's birthday card.

I think that social media has really empowered bullies because you get to do it from the comfort of your own home, completely anonymously, with no ramifications.

I troll, I'm trolled.

As I was growing my social media following and doing things in Los Angeles, kids in my school would start to hate on me, tweet me stuff... you name it, they said it to me.

Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.

Familiarize yourself with the resources at hand to combat online bullying, and report offenders as often as you need to. Don't hesitate to report and block.