I'll make somewhat of an FAQ post since a lot of people post the same questions over, and over, and over again.
FAQs about Gamergate
1. Is Gamergate about harassing women?
Contrary to popular belief Gamergate has very little to do with women. It has to do with journalists. Much of what people actually do in Gamergate is email advertisers about shitty business practices. The reason women like Zoe Quinn and Anita get mentioned is because there's a lot of overlap between subjects of corruption in Video Game Media and Journalism. And these individuals are frequently involved and talk about said subjects. Infact "e-celeb" threads on /gamergateHQ/ and /gg/ are looked down upon because they're not related. And they're usually relegated to a single general thread about the subject.
So lets reiterate. Zoe Quinn did nothing wrong (shocker) it's the fact journalists gave her free coverage because she slept with them that was the problem here. Her infidelity and psychological manipulation while morally wrong has nothing to do with Gamergate. What the journalists wrote about her on the other hand does.
2. Why is it called Gamergate?
Gamergate was a term coined by Adam Baldwin. It's a reference to Watergate (and is nowhere near the first movement to do this).
3. Why video game journalism? Why not something useful like starving children in Africa?
There's a logical fallacy called "Fallacy of Relative Privation" which basically means "Your point is meaningless because there's something more important you should be focusing on".
The reason this is a logical fallacy is because it fully agrees there is a problem and agrees with the argument, it just claims it's not worth debating and attempts to dismiss the argument on that nature. Video game journalism is a problem. Almost everyone universally agrees with this. People just claim it's not worth/possible to save so people should focus on other things. Which is just pessimistic.
4. Why are you doing this? Gamergate has not/will not accomplish anything.
There's an entire wiki page on things Gamergate has accomplished it's also lasted several months when people expected it to fizzle out after a week.
5. You guys are just a bunch of white selfish autistic neckbeard virgins who hate women
List of Gamergate charities some of them are anti harassment too
And lastly there are also women in Gamergate, so the misogyny argument flies out the window
There are legitimate arguments for and against Gamergate so let's hear some that are different. I know most people will just post bait regardless so lets hope @Wulfgar Von Heltzer doesn't rise to @CatPartys shit.
And lastly let's all be nice. These threads have a history of being locked because of forum drama. If you don't care about all of this shit that's cool. I just request you don't come in here and shit up the thread out of some spiteful hatred because people do.
If you'd like more information about Gamergate, Internet Artistocrat's videos are a good place to start. After that just ask a few questions and do a little reading on your own. Always do your own research is my advice in this matter.
FAQs about Gamergate
1. Is Gamergate about harassing women?
Contrary to popular belief Gamergate has very little to do with women. It has to do with journalists. Much of what people actually do in Gamergate is email advertisers about shitty business practices. The reason women like Zoe Quinn and Anita get mentioned is because there's a lot of overlap between subjects of corruption in Video Game Media and Journalism. And these individuals are frequently involved and talk about said subjects. Infact "e-celeb" threads on /gamergateHQ/ and /gg/ are looked down upon because they're not related. And they're usually relegated to a single general thread about the subject.
So lets reiterate. Zoe Quinn did nothing wrong (shocker) it's the fact journalists gave her free coverage because she slept with them that was the problem here. Her infidelity and psychological manipulation while morally wrong has nothing to do with Gamergate. What the journalists wrote about her on the other hand does.
2. Why is it called Gamergate?
Gamergate was a term coined by Adam Baldwin. It's a reference to Watergate (and is nowhere near the first movement to do this).
3. Why video game journalism? Why not something useful like starving children in Africa?
There's a logical fallacy called "Fallacy of Relative Privation" which basically means "Your point is meaningless because there's something more important you should be focusing on".
The reason this is a logical fallacy is because it fully agrees there is a problem and agrees with the argument, it just claims it's not worth debating and attempts to dismiss the argument on that nature. Video game journalism is a problem. Almost everyone universally agrees with this. People just claim it's not worth/possible to save so people should focus on other things. Which is just pessimistic.
4. Why are you doing this? Gamergate has not/will not accomplish anything.
There's an entire wiki page on things Gamergate has accomplished it's also lasted several months when people expected it to fizzle out after a week.
5. You guys are just a bunch of white selfish autistic neckbeard virgins who hate women
List of Gamergate charities some of them are anti harassment too
And lastly there are also women in Gamergate, so the misogyny argument flies out the window
There are legitimate arguments for and against Gamergate so let's hear some that are different. I know most people will just post bait regardless so lets hope @Wulfgar Von Heltzer doesn't rise to @CatPartys shit.
And lastly let's all be nice. These threads have a history of being locked because of forum drama. If you don't care about all of this shit that's cool. I just request you don't come in here and shit up the thread out of some spiteful hatred because people do.
If you'd like more information about Gamergate, Internet Artistocrat's videos are a good place to start. After that just ask a few questions and do a little reading on your own. Always do your own research is my advice in this matter.
Last edited: