▁and ▁rein vent s ▁itself ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁attempts ▁to ▁dis arm ▁and ▁dis per se ▁its ▁no x ious ness , ▁sub sum ing ▁dis aff ected ▁voices ▁in ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁contin ual ▁reg ener ation , ▁cy cling ▁through ▁targets , ▁pre text s , ▁manif esto es , ▁and ▁mor alis ms ". ▁Pol yg ons ▁Grant ▁said ▁that ▁as ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁G amer gate ▁had ▁remained ▁am orph ous ▁and ▁leader less ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁can ▁be ▁conducted ▁without ▁any ▁cul p ability . ▁ ▁Har ass ment ▁and ▁Twitter ▁ ▁While ▁organized ▁through ▁anonymous ▁message ▁bo ards ▁such ▁as ▁ 4 chan ▁and ▁Red dit , ▁G amer gate ▁har ass ment ▁was ▁most ▁prominent ▁on ▁Twitter . ▁Michael ▁Sal ter , ▁a ▁University ▁of ▁Western ▁Sydney ▁cr imin ologist , ▁writes ▁that ▁Twitter ' s ▁design ▁and ▁architecture ▁was ▁" high ly ▁condu ci ve " ▁to ▁such ▁ab use ▁campaign s , ▁allowing ▁G amer g aters ▁to ▁over wh elm ▁users ' ▁ability ▁to ▁individually ▁block ▁the ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁fake ▁or ▁" sock pu ppet " ▁accounts ▁used ▁to ▁send ▁ab us ive ▁and ▁har ass ing ▁messages . ▁ ▁Twitter ▁was ▁critic ized ▁for ▁its ▁in ability ▁to ▁respond ▁quickly ▁and ▁prevent ▁har ass ment ▁over ▁the ▁service . ▁Within ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Twitter ▁and ▁other ▁social ▁media ▁sites ▁are ▁not ▁li able ▁for ▁content ▁posted ▁by ▁third - part ies ▁of