Gamergate started because a dude spread lies about his ex-gf. Not a single one of his accusations regarding her behavior or the behavior of employees of gaming websites was true.
It was always, always about harassing women. It still is. The main places where Gamergate is still discussed are chock full of misogynist bullshit.
The gaming publishing industry does have conflict of interest issues, but Gamergate approached and approaches the problem from an entirely wrong-headed point of view. Criticism of the industry should be entirely detached from the clusterfuck that is Gamergate.
Gamergate started because a dude spread lies about his ex-gf. Not a single one of his accusations regarding her behavior or the behavior of employees of gaming websites was true.
It was always, always about harassing women. It still is. The main places where Gamergate is still discussed are chock full of misogynist bullshit.
The gaming publishing industry does have conflict of interest issues, but Gamergate approached and approaches the problem from an entirely wrong-headed point of view. Criticism of the industry should be entirely detached from the clusterfuck that is Gamergate.