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Lots of people started using alternative talking heads during Gamergate, this gave notoriety to some alternative media figures, like Carl Benjamin, who then pushed others to the forefront.
The meme culture of Gamergate also showed up in the circles that pushed for Trump to be elected, so it isn't entirely a lie when people say "we got Trump becuase of GG".
Dismissing Gamergate as some none-happening is a pretty bad take. It did have a massive impact on social media and continues to do so. It's what made memeing against the system cool and what made quite a few of "our guys" big in the alternative media scene.
You're mixing things up. Quinnspiracy was the movement against the "Fat whore".
Gamergate was the backlash against journalists backlash against Quinnspiracy.
Look up ESG. You're just wrong here. Woke is capital now. If you think consumers have a say in this woke shit anymore, you've missed the boat.