The conspiracy theory part is that people are doing it to manipulate culture as a whole, not just to drive their own traffic. It's been popular to segment political groups for quite a while, but I could almost see the GameGate/Anti-GG situation being an intentional manipulation to drive further polarization of the internet. I've seen both sides make good points only to get screamed down by mostly outsiders in the conversation.
It makes me suspicious whenever someone is loud in a community about anything negative and has not been a long-term member.
The conspiracy theory part is that people are doing it to manipulate culture as a whole, not just to drive their own traffic. It's been popular to segment political groups for quite a while, but I could almost see the GameGate/Anti-GG situation being an intentional manipulation to drive further polarization of the internet. I've seen both sides make good points only to get screamed down by mostly outsiders in the conversation.
It makes me suspicious whenever someone is loud in a community about anything negative and has not been a long-term member.