GamersGate is what happens when a large group is guided by guides that don't care about them. 

#GG is a totally different animal. The result of confusing social media activity. Activism is not the same as picking a hashtag and tweeting about it. Last I checked.. I think columns in newspapers were probably the height of verbal contemplation of policy. For every mayor belief there's a mayor newspaper, so all parties attend and present their most persuasive arguments. Leading only to radicalization. Hmmm... Maybe publishing always sucked? This new hivemind school of thought will never have serious repercussions and actively weakens interest in things like legal system critique.