Crash Override made its official debut last week, promising a new way to support people who become the targets of online bullying and harassment. Cofounder Zoe Quinn, a video game developer, is one of the better-known people who have been on the receiving end of such abuse. For her, it started when an ex-boyfriend alleged in a blog post that Quinn had traded sex with a journalist for a video game news site in order to get favorable reviews. Readers piled on, many hurling obscene insults.
Cyber bullying is a real problem and the harm done is real, there's nothing "cyber" about depression, fear, and suicide. If you want to see how close we are to our primate ancestors and cousins, in terms of behaviour, all you need to do is spend some time online in a gaming context.
The only way this will ever change is if the consequences for this kind of anti-social behaviour become as real as the damage done. Let's hope something like this is a step in that direction.
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Quinn’s Crash Override Combats Cyberbullying
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 22, 2015 05:08 PMCrash Override made its official debut last week, promising a new way to support people who become the targets of online bullying and harassment. Cofounder Zoe Quinn, a video game developer, is one of the better-known people who have been on the receiving end of such abuse. For her, it started when an ex-boyfriend alleged in a blog post that Quinn had traded sex with a journalist for a video game news site in order to get favorable reviews. Readers piled on, many hurling obscene insults.
The only way this will ever change is if the consequences for this kind of anti-social behaviour become as real as the damage done. Let's hope something like this is a step in that direction.