I guess this is a good time to point out that MOST people in the industry hated GAF. Not because it was a "progressive" board, but because they generally HATE games, and hate the people who make them.
The industry hated gaf - prior 2014 - because there were some good lad that could be very critical toward games. After 2014, it was all about Nintendards and shill everywhere, not just Sony shills, just shilling and astrosurfing.
When a dickhead hobbit like Bezinsky - or whatever the spelling - say that he hates gaf, it's mostly because gaf hate his games and he thought that Lawbreakers failed because of Neogaf, while it's just a shitty game in an over-crowded market.
Gaf was a shit place, but at least you could get some nice and critical discussions about games when the honey moon about said games was over. That was the only redeeming quality of the board.
The industry hates boards and social media reactions, not just gaf. All they want is marketing PR going straight to the consumers, they hate when commentators interfers in their business.