The dev who made Depression Quest pressured a depressed man to suicide today.

[Honey Badger]

Link to post from Alec Holowka's sister: https://twitter.com/derangedpoetess/status/1167855630385909760

Zoe Quinn recently MeTooed Alec Holowka, whether what she said is true or not I have no idea but mass harassment of someone without a shred of evidence tends to lead to stuff like this, and here we are.

[Sphinx of Black Quartz]

Originally posted by Honey Badger:

pressured a depressed man to suicide today

That's certainly a novel interpretation of the facts.

Also, may I point out Alec Holowka's sister has specifically asked people not to mob or harass Zoe Quinn over this?

Originally posted by Eileen Holowka:

"And in case it’s not already f****** obvious, Alec *specifically said* he wished the best for Zoe and everyone else, so don’t use our grief as an excuse to harass people. Go outside, take care of someone, and work towards preventing these kinds of things in the first place,"

[Honey Badger]

Originally posted by Pocket Nerd:

Originally posted by Honey Badger:

pressured a depressed man to suicide today

That's certainly a novel interpretation of the facts.

[/quote]

The court of public opinion, social media, mob justice, social justice should not be used especially in cases without a single shred of evidence, if something like this has happened, you go to the police, you don't post on Twitter knowing the person you're posting about is suicidal (She said this herself on Twitter) and knowing they were going to be harassed and dogpiled because of those accusations.

Whether it actually happened isn't the point, if Zoe did things the proper way instead of going down the social justice route, there's a very good chance he would still be alive.

So yes, I'm comfortable with what I said in my previous post.

[Rero]

I heard about it. she's a killer and deserves to be prosecuted

[Expensive Aquarium Gravel.]

she has some horrible karma at this point, she will get what's coming to her

[TreeTrunk]

If he was the sort of person to commit suicide over losing a job, where did he get the barbarism to abuse someone like Zoe?
This is just so terrible. The guys sister isn't even standing up for him, she's actually standing up for Zoe, no wonder the guy felt lonely...

[suzymi 2.0]

Originally posted by Honey Badger:

Originally posted by Pocket Nerd:

That's certainly a novel interpretation of the facts.

The court of public opinion, social media, mob justice, social justice should not be used especially in cases without a single shred of evidence, if something like this has happened, you go to the police, you don't post on Twitter knowing the person you're posting about is suicidal (She said this herself on Twitter) and knowing they were going to be harassed and dogpiled because of those accusations.

Whether it actually happened isn't the point, if Zoe did things the proper way instead of going down the social justice route, there's a very good chance he would still be alive.

So yes, I'm comfortable with what I said in my previous post. [/quote]
I'm pretty sure she wouldn't won the court and made a fool of herself if she reported. That's why she chose the easy method - Internet. Internet now is a dangerous place, not even a tool.
And that's why she's being harrased right now - she literally killed a person. Moderators downvoted and deleted comments cheering up and supporting Alec and upvoted those, who harrased him. That's why everyone is furious now. Yes, you can't deny the fact that you can't harras someone, once again, but this is kind of a community Frontier Justice.

[xyz]

She deleted (or deactivated) her Twitter until this blows over. She'll be back in 6 months with a new reason to try and beg (sorry Scam) for money.
This whole thing was about something that happened years ago (proven untrue) that was put on Twitter (not the police, lawyer, doctor, counsellor etc.) because she wanted money. Her last project she got 90k USD for, she didn't do and now she is trying to raise her awareness all over again.
Her Patreon has her at about 18k a year (part time average pay USD not bad) and she says shes broke.

[Honey Badger]

Originally posted by Birdkoo:

She deleted (or deactivated) her Twitter until this blows over. She'll be back in 6 months with a new reason to try and beg (sorry Scam) for money.
This whole thing was about something that happened years ago (proven untrue) that was put on Twitter (not the police, lawyer, doctor, counsellor etc.) because she wanted money. Her last project she got 90k USD for, she didn't do and now she is trying to raise her awareness all over again.
Her Patreon has her at about 18k a year (part time average pay USD not bad) and she says shes broke.

I doubt it'll be as much as 6 months, Zoe needs her drama. I'm betting more like 2.

[Toad ex Machina]

Originally posted by RUSENG PlusHere:

this is kind of a community Frontier Justice.

She should be thankful it's frontier justice and not vigilante justice. After this, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if there are some people that want to make some of those death threats she claimed to get early on into a reality.

[NИ_Mortal]

R.I.P. Alec Holowka

[mesosoi]

R.I.P

[Junkyard Junkie]

I wonder if her pet cucks like Jim Sterling, Arthur Chu, Nathan Grayson, and Adam Sessler are going to defend her over this?

[Punished Fumoposter]

RIP big guy, Zoe shouldve been cancelled after she refused to pay her employees and instead spent all of her kickstarter money in Japan. This probably couldve been avoided. She is a blatant grifter and if there are ANY game devs or any media owners reading this, please do NOT under any circumstance associate with her if you value your job/family/life/etc.

[Gunsaremagic]

Originally posted by TreeTrunk:

If he was the sort of person to commit suicide over losing a job, where did he get the barbarism to abuse someone like Zoe?
This is just so terrible. The guys sister isn't even standing up for him, she's actually standing up for Zoe, no wonder the guy felt lonely...

heard his sister is a feminist that explains why defent him all men are rapists

[diesoon]

His sister actually took Zoe's side and donated to her. It's so sad, its just terribly sad. This poor guy. His fricking sister.

https://imgbbb.com/image/ljRly

It's shocking.