Comrade it was never about ethics in journalism
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2024
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It failed at addressing ethics in game journalism.
Because it was never really about that. They just found that it was a semi-socially acceptable framing for them to harass women and developers. Same with the more recent incarnation of gamergate, it is the exact same people trying to hide behind "ethics" as an excuse to execute extensive harassment campaigns. Some of them probably believe their own lines, others like that Grummz idiot are just trying to profit off it.
Response to the second point is the same as the first, it never attracted meaningful allies because it didn't care to. That movement attracted exactly the people it wanted to.
Me?
I just miss Game Informer (they shut down recently).