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BeforeGamerGate represented a significant online controversy that demonstrated the political potential of gaming communities and online harassment campaigns. ## Movement Evolution **2014: Initial Controversy** Began as a dispute within gaming journalism and development communities. **2014-2015: Political Expansion** Evolved beyond gaming to encompass broader cultural and political themes. **2015-2016: Political Integration** Participants and tactics were absorbed into broader political movements. **2016-Present: Legacy Influence** While the specific movement ended, its tactics and participants …
AfterGamerGate was an online campaign that began in August 2014 within video game culture and was conducted largely through the `#GamerGate` hashtag. Participants described it as a movement about ethics in games journalism; the women game developers and critics who were its principal targets, and the researchers who have since studied it, describe a sustained harassment campaign. Both characterizations are contested, and this page attributes each rather than asserting either. ## What is documented The campaign is unusually well studied for an online episode of its scale, and the peer-reviewed …