Hashtags

The Ice Bucket Challenge #IceBucketChallenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C7AKkZ8DEQ (0:50)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_J_c1BmiM (0:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Lsphmj5T4 (4:02)

Because I don't follow Twitter (it's for the birds), my knowledge of the Ice Bucket Challenge came from these three YouTube channels that I follow. In order of listing there is Cthulhuigi, reynad27 and the Artix Entertainment Company.

On other social media platforms I have read common complaints that doing the Ice Bucket Challenge is just a publicity stunt and they aren't doing the thing they were supposed to do, which was donate and call out other people to raise awareness for ALS.

It's true that in Cthulhuigi's and reynad's video they linked the ALS website and called out other people but I'm not sure if they have donated any money, Artix Entertainment was more helpful with this as they have given information on ALS, talked about the challenge and donated money to the cause.

As can be read from the description in Cthulhuigi's video

If you feel compelled to complain about this superfluous use of water when others go thirsty, let me know! I'm something of an expert and can give you some resources dedicated to bringing clean water to others you can donate your time and money to. If that's too much, you'll be happy to know every time you opt out of eating an ounce of beef, you're saving at minimum 50 gallons of water! If you're doing all you can and you've found complaining about this is the most direct way you can bring water to those in need, drop me a line! I'd like to collaborate with you on some engineering projects, and I also have a bridge I have to let go of for a /song/.

I assume this is in response to Matt Damon's toilet water thing, something which I did not learn about until approximately three years later. His heavier counterpart Fatt Damon, who was called out by reynad, has not taken action.

I have very little feelings on this particular issue.

GamerGate #GamerGate #NotYourShield #ItsActuallyAboutEthicsInGamingJournalism #StopGamerGate #PizzaGate etc

Ugh... To be honest I'm not quite sure what this movement was all about. Again since I don't follow Twitter I get my drama from different sources of media, namely for this movement, Reddit. It was difficult to actually understand what was going on at the time, and still is even to this day. I'm still not sure which side were the ones tweeting with the hashtag GamerGate, as well as the name itself, there were no gates involved, everything involving scandals just has the suffix -gate added to it because of the Watergate scandal, which happened in the WATERGATE hotel. 

Clarity isn't for everyone. Some people are more than glad to just blindly wave their pitchforks and flashlights at whatever problem that gets brought up.  ---€ <- pitchfork

There were apparently two sides to this controversy, a side that intended on harassing women related to video games because "gamers hate women" versus the people who defended them. Or a side that was unhappy about the current state of gaming journalism versus the people who perceived everything that they did as a slight upon gender equality. 

Confused? So am I! Like most wars, both sides thought that they were right and that the other side is full of hate mongering idiots who attacked them without cause.

 Personally, this was the single worst thing that has ever happened on the internet.

BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatter

Unlike a lot of other hashtags that were on the list, I have actually heard of this one, not much but I have heard of it. I first learned about this trendy hashtag after learning about Black Lives Matters protesters protesting a Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle way back then, according to someone who was there:"I was at the event today. I really wish that someone would post the entirety of the disruption. It was worse than you think.

• The women accosting and shouting down organizers, even when they are attempting to communicate with them.
• Immediately once the mic was ceded to her, she starts with "I'll wait until this crowd is completely silent before I begin."
• Calls the crowd "liberal white supremacists".
• After initial rant, demands 4 and a half minutes of silence for Mike Brown. Does not start keeping track of time until she is satisfied with the level of quiet.

-After the crowd gives them the silence addition to listening to her first rant Bernie is started to be welcomed back on stage. At this point while off the mic they continue yelling while he is being reintroduced; thus keeping him from even beginning.

Here is a video that I haven't seen in the media/comments much. It's when they actually started the whole thing. You be the judge.

http://youtu.be/Ooe_n7K_P_s 

Since then I haven't heard much about the movement but if they wanted to lose all public sympathy for their cause then they have succeeded.