I don't disagree with any of this really.
People still exagerate like crazy here; they do the same shit that some people from era do about Twitter or Reddit or any site w/ a mix of people.
I've said it a billion times, but I literally never exaggerate
Era actively fosters a community spirit of paranoid witch hunting, and they have done pretty much since their stupid fucking secret discord 'rescue groups' founding where you had to get your PM invites on the down low, because otherwise who knows WHAT kind of people might sign up to a videogame discussion forum.
Thats why all their purity tests and slickness checks, secret histories of histories, and side eyes about saying what you REALLY mean inevitably leads here, and a with us or against us, gobblegoobers under the bed everywhere, fuck everyone that aint us, they deserve what they get, because we're making omelettes and fuck all them egg motherfuckers mentality.
For a fucking videogame forum.
The moderation policies made this bed.
edit:
and honestly, it really feels like a lot of them really fucking
want another #gamergate so that they can have a nice cassus belli to act like complete shitbags to people but excuse their own behaviours under a blanket of zealous justice