There is always a debate on just how wide the scope of GamerGate is but we believe in recent months discussion has spun off into its own areas. Kotaku in Action was founded with the idea of discussing the failings of modern games journalism and organizing consumer action. This was (and still is) its core function. Since then it has been wildly successful and discussion has branched out into general discussion of social justice in ALL areas, sometimes not even tangentially related to gaming.

We believe these are vital discussions, but ones that requires their own space. If KiA is not useful for keeping up to date on the efforts to hold the gaming press accountable then it has failed in its mandate. If the front page is not a shop-window for the mountains of damming evidence against the gaming press how can we expect new and neutral parties to understand our core arguments?

Pointing and laughing at SJWs is not only fun but it is vital, it takes away their power. But KiA has become this catch-all for discussing things usually completely disallowed from Reddit. It is a jack of all trades but a master of none. A single subreddit can’t please all these diverse interests. It muddles these issues into a soup many find confusing and threads with vital information can die on the vine. This situation is good for no one and as one of the main hubs of a consumer movement that has recently caught the attention of the Society of Professional journalists it needs to be more than just a dumping ground for ideological grievances or controversial topics.

It is a small miracle that Kotaku in Action survives at all and that is partly due to the tireless work of the moderators, not least their head mod TheHat2, who has navigated difficult waters to try and best serve the community. We support Hat and all other moderators who wish to just make KiA a more useful place to read and post, a place where neutral parties can come and quickly engage with the core issues of maleficence and cronyism between the industry and the press.

To make this happen a degree of moderation is vital and we, the GamerGate and gaming community, support the moderators in this endeavour.

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