Bummerman

The entire Gamergate/Sarkeesian/Zoe Quinn debacle has been one of the stupidest, most idiotic events in the history of the industry and internet. At it's core is the simple fact that the traditional online population doesn't want to accept that their world (i.e. the internet) is moving on and growing up. The early-mid aughts, argued by many to be the heyday of the internet, was pretty much a boys' club. It was an escape for young, nerdy, middle class males to retreat to and share a space with others. The popular culture of the internet was dominated by the big forums; 4chan, Something Awful, YTMND, ebaums, neogaf, etc. 'Going online' was an uncool thing that nerds would do at home. But then things began to change. Technology improved and the online population exploded. Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and social media in general meant that now everyone was online; it wasn't just for nerds anymore. Suddenly, their private safe world became a whole lot different. They felt their very existence was at threat. Without the internet, what would they still have left? And so began the vicious lashing out at any criticisms of their hobbies; video games being the most common and unifying among the online nerd population. Critiques were seen as threats and attacks, and rather than risk giving up their last bastion of nerd culture, nerds fought back tooth and nail. Due to various circumstances, (the nature of online journalism, click-bait articles, and the catalyst of social media), the movement build up steam on both sides and led us to the pointless shouting match we have now. Ultimately, the momentum of history is on the side of homogenization, and the internet will no longer be a nerd shangri-la. But, that doesn't mean they're going to go down quietly. In fact, in all likelihood the personal attacks and death threats are only going to get more and more vicious as this fight goes on.

Also, as a side note, there are absolutely ethics considerations that online journalists were not taking. It is a fairly important issue, and worth addressing. But gamergate is not the movement for that.