>>720034479
Their strategy is to create hug boxes of acceptance. Saying things "you're totally valid" are entirely meaningless in essence but it's the kind of words that outcasts never get to hear.
And guess what? Gamers have a big overlap with the population that doesn't get positive attention from other sources. And then you can factor in the overlap with weird porn.
tl;dr easy targets because their pitch is appealing to that particular demographic, you can see the same with communism and poor/miserable people