I keep reading different stories about gamergate and I am still a bit confused. What I've collected is that an ex got mad at a girlfriend who broke up with him and they are both in the gaming community. After threats and people being mean anonymously, a talk of ethics was brought into this and now people say ethics was the main solution they were trying to bring to the table.
Ethics is a battle that will never be won or lost. Ethics can change a persons way of thinking and we can dub "true ethics" every year. but not live by it and still call ourselves ethical with people to back us up. In my opinion, If the gamers want light on poor journalism in the gaming community, they need to fix the problem with these angry people attacking this girl.
The attacks on the girl did bring light to the situation, but now it is the main situation when that wasn't the intention. Fixing the problem and saying that these death threats are wrong and need to be stopped is the first step to getting to the point of the poor journalism. The girl adds the entertainment aspect of this story which is morally wrong, but it might have been necessary to get the public involved.
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