( CNN ) -- In a blog post late Wednesday , actress and avid gamer Felicia Day weighed in on the roiling # Gamergate controversy , saying that by doing so she feared retribution from someone who might leak personal details about her online . `` I have had stalkers and restraining orders issued in the past , I have had people show up on my doorstep when my personal information was HARD to get , '' wrote Day , best known for her roles on the CW show `` Supernatural '' and the web series `` The Guild . '' She added : `` To have my location revealed to the world would give a entry point for a few mentally ill people who have fixated on me , and allow them to show up and make good on the kind of threats I 've received that make me paranoid to walk around a convention alone . '' As it turns out , Day 's concerns were justified . Within an hour , an anonymous commenter had posted her real-world address and personal email . The practice , called `` doxxing , '' involves publishing someone 's vulnerable personal information online as a form of punishment . The episode made Day the latest prominent woman to be harassed online over # Gamergate , the term for a loosely defined movement defending hardcore games and gamers against criticisms from feminists and others . Why # Gamergate wo n't die . Some of the vitriol has spilled from the Internet into the physical world . In recent weeks , game designer Zoe Quinn , gaming critic Anita Sarkeesian and game designer Brianna Wu have all received threats of violence on Twitter and other platforms . Observers on Twitter noted this week that Day was targeted while notable # Gamergate critics who are male , such as actor Wil Wheaton and former NFL player Chris Kluwe , had escaped being `` doxxed '' as of Thursday afternoon . In her essay , Day urged people not to let fears over # Gamergate drive them away from gaming . `` Games are beautiful , they are creative , they are worlds to immerse yourself in . They are art . And they are worth fighting for , even if the atmosphere is ugly right now , '' she wrote . She later added : `` I know this entry will probably draw contempt from people in the Gamer Gate movement . Something to scorn , something to rile them up against me and everything I 've ever made . Especially , and most hurtfully , to mock my vulnerability . I just have one thing to say to you who do that : I 'm genuinely sorry you are so angry . '' Share your views on # Gamergate . By Thursday , the actress seemed to be taking a more optimistic view . `` I posted this essay yesterday afternoon on Tumblr . Yes , personal information was leaked shortly after , but the better thing to concentrate on is that the majority of replies were overwhelmingly kind and supportive on social media , '' she wrote on Facebook . `` It gives me hope we can heal the world of games a bit . It needs it . '' 40 % of Web users have been harassed .
Actress Charlie Day wrote a blog post about the # Game controversy . Soon after , an anonymous commenter posted her real - life address online . This made Day the latest prominent actress to be harassed over # Gamergate .