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Brad Glasgow over at GamePolitics.com did something unique when setting out to cover the gamergate movement, he asked people taking part in it questions rather than only their detractors.
I decided to run an experiment and see first-hand the difficulties one might encounter when covering an online movement. Rather than wait for GamerGate to come to us, I went to them. I joined their very popular Kotaku in Action (KiA) subreddit and interviewed several hundred GamerGate supporters from Tuesday, July 28 through Tuesday, August 4. It is my hope that what I learned will assist journalists with covering GamerGate and any similar movements in the future.
The Experiment
I asked one question on the KiA subreddit every 12 hours. The question was stickied (placed at the top in the most recognizable area) until I posted a new question. The new question was then stickied and they were given an additional 12 hours to submit replies to the old question and vote on their favorite answer. After I asked 7 questions I then asked 7 follow up questions on the final day.
The article was interesting enough but what I found hilarious was when he then tried to do a similar interview with the anti-gamergate types over at Gamer Ghazi, he was quickly banned.
I did experience some hostility from the anti-GamerGate side for covering GamerGate. While I was treated well by the people of GamerGhazi when I tried to speak with them, I was quickly banned by moderators, who said I have spent too much time posting on the GamerGate subreddit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @08:26PM
I'll tell you who: Zoe Quinn. Even if she was an admitted doxer and harraser herself, overcomming her "helldump* addiction" (*a Something Awful doxing and harssing forum), and even if she used her media ties to shut down a feminist charity that sought to get girls involved in gamedev (which gamergate "supporters" later funded), and even if she reveled in her media palls raiding and harassing WizardChan (a site for men suffering from extreme socially anxiety) on her behalf (to get ZQ more damsel-in-distress attention after a failed attempt to get her Interactive Fiction on steam [instead of existing I.F. sites, which no one mentions exist]), and even if all the news outlets were running questionably ethical "Depression Quest Released in the Wake of Robin Williams Suicide" using the actor's death to boost visibility -- SHE DID NOT DESERVE ANY CRITICISM. (note I didn't even mention "sex for favors" here).
You know who else? Brianna Wu. Even if she forgot to log out before posting a harassing message to herself, as herself. SHE DID NOT DESERVE THIS HARASSMENT. Shame on whomever harasses themselves, the perpetrators should be punished severely!