As a surprise to no one 4Chan/Reddit is once again, the citation @vice uses for why my personal life is relevant.
Journalists- if you signal boost online harassment campaigns far beyond their initial scope for the sake of clicks- you are the harasser.https://twitter.com/pauljessup/status/966149500208328710 …
Point being: using deceptive tactics to report on someone engaging in newsworthy harassment activity is ok, using them to pry into someone's non-newsworthy private affairs is not.