Projects:Operation Disrespectful Nod

Projects:Operation Disrespectful Nod

Type: Mailing campaign

Owner: None

Status: Ongoing

Operation Disrespectful Nod is a mailing campaign targeting advertisers on unethical video game journalism sites, especially those that participated in Gamers are Dead, asking the advertisers to reconsider their association with these publications. The publications which engage in unethical behavior are malicious to gamers, so the letters are an appeal to these companies to protect the integrity of their product by severing ties to unethical media.

Participation

Compose personalized emails to advertisers explaining that their advertisements on these websites, where they slander their own customers and call them dead, are detrimental to the value of their brands, and continued advertisements can lead to an negative association for their brand. It's OK to use templates, but advertisers receiving the same letter over and over are more likely to disregard the letters. Don't mention GamerGate, because our goal is not to convince them of GamerGate's legitimacy, nor to gain their support of GamerGate, but instead, convince them to act in defense of their brand's image.

Resources

Sample letters: http://pastebin.com/JiUdj4Q8
Infograph: http://i.imgur.com/8kId8XQ.jpg

Respectful Nodding Man bobblehead edition

Advertisers

Main article: Projects:Operation_Disrespectful_Nod/Advertisers

Articles

These are articles that you can include in emails to demonstrate the malicious nature of these publications.

Gawker

• Gawker advocating for bestiality
• Misogynistic trolls drive feminist video game critic from her home
• Gawker published stolen Heather Morris nudes
• Gawker published stolen Olivia Munn nudes
• Gawker published stolen Olivia Munn nudes 2
• Gawker published stolen Hulk Hogan sex tape
• Gawker published stolen Christina Hendricks nudes
• Gawker published links to prornographic material
• Gawker published material approving of pedophilia
• Deadspin published stolen Roy Jones Jr. nudes
• Gawker published Jenna Jameson nudes
• Gawker published Tatiana Barbosa nudes
• Gawker published Lenore Zann nudes
• Employee Sam Biddle promotes bullying and animal abuse
  • "Bring back bullying"
  • "Smash a nerd day"
  • Gawker promoted him after bullying tweets
  • Biddle claims his promotion was reward for tweet
  • Biddle claims animals can't be mistreated
  • Biddle compares kicking a dog to kicking a rock
• Jezebel writers encourage domestic abuse
• Gawker tried to bankrupt Chick-Fil-A over charitable donations
• Gawker celebrated when Firefox CEO was ousted over a charitable donation
• Gawker called for Jane Pratt stolen nudes
• Employee Adam Weinstein called for theft from Darren Wilson
• Gawker published hacked messages from a girl with a mental illness
• Gawker refused to obey court order to remove Hulk Hogan sex tape
• Gawker was sued by Quentin Tarantino for leaking his script
• Gizmodo illegally acquired an iPhone prototype
• Kinja published an anonymous, unverifiable, and defamatory story about someone's alleged one-night stand with Christine O'Donnell
• Gawker published false and defamatory allegations concerning Blake Lively and Preserve LLC.
  • Refused to remove the aforementioned when contacted by lawyers.
• Gawker arguing the positive economic impact of Ferguson riots
• Gawker makes a bot to tweet Mein Kampf and hijack #MakeItHappy

Kotaku

• We Might Be Witnessing The "Death of An Identity"

Polygon

• An awful week to care about video games
• Biased reporting almost destroyed a CEO
• Senior Editor Kuchera's nepotism in relation to GameJournoPros
• Co-founder Chris Plante tried to destroy Matt Taylor's reputation

Gamasutra

• "Gamers" don't have to be your audience. "Gamers" are over.
• A Guide to Ending "Gamers"

Rock Paper Shotgun

• The Monday Papers

See Also

Gawker
Polygon
Rebuild Initiative
Operation Disrespectful Nod
Operation: Easy One Hour Salvo
Operation UV

Operation Weaponized Clickbait