I still remember the Gamerbaters that were seemingly shocked to find that the media focused around an industry relies on the industry they're covering to operate, if not financially, then for access (meaning, if all you do is be hypercritical, the industry is not going to give you interviews and other access; it doesn't inherently mean its nefarious but it obviously does bring some bias; even dumber is how they often would openly say they want the media to fluff the companies they personally liked in that manner but the moment it was something they didn't it was the worst atrocity ever committed in human history, how dare they call out gamerbros sending rape and death threats, that's such a traitorous backstabbing! To say nothing of their support for personalities that in some instances literally the day before had been calling them pathetic incel losers that live in their parents' basement). Its no surprise so many of them got taken in by the cryptobros and investabros.