No quote at all, literally just a link.
Edit: To be on topic, this is unfortunate in a way. They left due to them having increased stress within the company. An internally happier gawker is a longer lasting gawker.
This can only be described as a good thing. Now if only they could take the rest of Gawker with them.
Nah, I hope Hulk Hogan finishes the job in court. Gawker needs to go under.
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;48252976]This can only be described as a good thing. Now if only they could take the rest of Gawker with them.[/QUOTE]
Gawker would close, all the employees and suits would move to another office, then reopen under a new name. All the tabloids do this when the heat gets too much for them to handle. They just voluntarily close shop and magically a new and strikingly similar tabloid starts up a a few weeks to a few days later.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48252958]No quote at all, literally just a link.
Edit: To be on topic, this is unfortunate in a way. They left due to them having increased stress within the company. An internally happier gawker is a longer lasting gawker.[/QUOTE]
We don't want a longer lasting Gawker
This just Shown that the business side of Gawker is getting uncomfortable with the the freedom of the staff to spout sensationalist Bullshit that would hurt "High-Ranking" people. Any other would just let the advertisers slide and take a hit and maybe... No Wait... Tvtropes had to get rid of the uncomfortable stuff... well at least most people in charge agreed in tvtropes case...
[QUOTE=Levelog;48252958]No quote at all, literally just a link.
Edit: To be on topic, this is unfortunate in a way. They left due to them having increased stress within the company. An internally happier gawker is a longer lasting gawker.[/QUOTE]
Its not unfortunate at all, Gawker is one of the shittiest sites on the internet. Its so shit I think it would be a stain on a resume if you ever wanted to get a serious job.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;48253146]Its not unfortunate at all, Gawker is one of the shittiest sites on the internet. Its so shit I think it would be a stain on a resume if you ever wanted to get a serious job.[/QUOTE]
By "this is unfortunate" I mean it is unfortunate that these people are leaving because it will reduce internal stress. I completely agree that gawker needs to die, this might do the opposite.
A long ass letter about how they were the real victims in all this. No discussion about how fucked up the story was that they're bitching about.
Here is the article quoted by the way:
They are mad that their article got removed.
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[QUOTE=Levelog;48253160]By "this is unfortunate" I mean it is unfortunate that these people are leaving because it will reduce internal stress. I completely agree that gawker needs to die, this might do the opposite.[/QUOTE]
hulkamania is pretty much guaranteed to destroy the company as soon as the court date is actually finalized
[QUOTE=Fangz;48253174]Here is the article quoted by the way:
They are mad that their article got removed.[/QUOTE]
You mean the same article that was revealed to be not entirely factual?
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;48253305]You mean the same article that was revealed to be not entirely factual?[/QUOTE]
Who needs facts when you have headlines though? The actual article and these "fact fairies" don't matter, you just need a really good title.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48253318]Who needs facts when you have headlines though? The actual article and these "fact fairies" don't matter, you just need a really good title.[/QUOTE]
This. This is EVERYTHING I find wrong with News today summed up in one post.
Who cares about facts when you can generate outrage for more clicks?
Am I the only one who actually likes some Gawker sites?
io9 is a decent nerd blog, if a bit spoiler-focused, and there's a lot of Jalopnik writers I enjoy (Torchinsky is reliably hilarious, and Rogoway is a good writer on military stuff). Even Kotaku is on my read list - they get basic factual news as right as anyone else, and their editorials/"investigative journalism" are usually endlessly mockable.
Gawker itself, though, can go die. Plus Gizmodo and maybe Jezebel.
[QUOTE=pentium;48252996]Gawker would close, all the employees and suits would move to another office, then reopen under a new name. All the tabloids do this when the heat gets too much for them to handle. They just voluntarily close shop and magically a new and strikingly similar tabloid starts up a a few weeks to a few days later.[/QUOTE]
it's still a sign and costs money
[QUOTE=gman003-main;48253336]Am I the only one who actually likes some Gawker sites?
io9 is a decent nerd blog, if a bit spoiler-focused, and there's a lot of Jalopnik writers I enjoy (Torchinsky is reliably hilarious, and Rogoway is a good writer on military stuff). Even Kotaku is on my read list - they get basic factual news as right as anyone else, and their editorials/"investigative journalism" are usually endlessly mockable.
Gawker itself, though, can go die. Plus Gizmodo and maybe Jezebel.[/QUOTE]
The only two things I'd even bother saving from the wreckage would be some specific bits of Gizmodo, and The Vane part of the main Gawker site and spin it off into its own thing. Otherwise the rest can die for all I care.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;48253498]The only two things I'd even bother saving from the wreckage would be some specific bits of Gizmodo, and The Vane part of the main Gawker site and spin it off into its own thing. Otherwise the rest can die for all I care.[/QUOTE]
Which parts of Gizmodo are worth keeping? I gave up on them years ago, they were either blindly sucking Apple dick, or too busy jerking themselves off over leaking something to actually do any reporting. I haven't read them in years though.
Lifehacker used to actually be useful before it was eaten by the Evil Empire.
Gawker Media, the whole outfit, needs to die as an example of why zero-ethics paparazzi clickbait is unacceptable. Nothing of value will be lost. I feel for the employees who're not connected to the editorial smear that'll lose their jobs, but they work for a rotten company.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48253576]Lifehacker used to actually be useful before it was eaten by the Evil Empire.
Gawker Media, the whole outfit, needs to die as an example of why zero-ethics paparazzi clickbait is unacceptable. Nothing of value will be lost. I feel for the employees who're not connected to the editorial smear that'll lose their jobs, but they work for a rotten company.[/QUOTE]
These people will work at McDonalds after that. Hardly a lot will be happy to pick up something that Gawker shat the bed with. That's a huge stain, no one will look past that.
Not that anyone who works there would be that big of a loss.
[QUOTE=gudman;48253602]These people will work at McDonalds after that. Hardly a lot will be happy to pick up something that Gawker shat the bed with. That's a huge stain, no one will look past that.
Not that anyone who works there would be that big of a loss.[/QUOTE]
[del]Evil[/del]Clickbait always finds a way.
[QUOTE=Durrsly;48253698][del]Evil[/del]Clickbait always finds a way.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, until it's smeared with death of their former employment. Especially if you're just a common rat. After that point you become untouchable for higher-profile media and you're left with writing about UFO sightings.
WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN HULKMANIA RUNS WILD ON YA, GAWKER!?
[video=youtube;RKM1AAzeRCg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKM1AAzeRCg[/video]
GET READY, BROTHER!
I hope Gawker goes south without his leadership.
In fact, it can take down buzz feed and E talk daily with it for all I care.
Probably just left the sinking ship as early as possible so that Hogan's lawsuit wouldn't affect them personally if it succeeds. Their company and all its employees get hit, they get off scot-free and continue doing their thing.
GamerGate won.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;48253146]Its not unfortunate at all, Gawker is one of the shittiest sites on the internet. Its so shit I think it would be a stain on a resume if you ever wanted to get a serious job.[/QUOTE]
I feel bad for the every day grunts of the organization who are just trying to get by. I hope their careers don't get ruined because upper management is so inept.
[QUOTE=Velocet;48256043]GamerGate won.[/QUOTE]
As long as these slimebags can set up shop elsewhere and get back up to full operating speed quickly, it's a minor victory for GG at best. They're just discarding a now-toxic identity like a snake shedding its skin. You see something dead and snake-shaped and assume a dead snake, but it's really just an old shell while the real thing is still out there, ready to venomously strike at the next thing that lets its guard down.
God, Gawker is so full of shit that even when they're trying to apologize, they're being shitheads.
"Last week, the Gawker heads decided to remove a post about THIS GUY SOLICITING GAY SEX. They thought it was too rude and damaging to publish a story about THIS GUY SOLICITING GAY SEX. They went behind our backs to remove the FAMOUS GUY SOLICITING GAY SEX post."
"I'm resigning because the Gawker heads removed the article I edited about THIS ONE FAMOUS GUY SOLICITING GAY SEX".
Of course, the Gawker heads are hypocrites too.
[quote]From: Nick Denton
Date: Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 1:47 PM
Subject: Hey, Jordan
To: Jordan Sargent
Cc: Keenan Trotter
Can you give Heather or me a call? You need to know you did nothing wrong. These are the stories we used to do. But times have changed.[/quote]
[quote]From: Nick Denton
Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:37 PM
Subject: This is the opposite of our policy
To: Jessica Coen
Cc: Joel Johnson
jezebel.com/trans-woman-commits-suicide-amid-fear-of-outing-by-spor-1503902916
If the author believes this, she’s working at the wrong place. And should be guided to a more congenial work environment. We’re truth absolutists. Or rather, I am. And I choose to work with fellow spirits.
[Quote from post linked above] “Issue two is the reporting on the trans status of the subject. This is much clearer: Don’t out someone who doesn’t want to be out. The end. Everyone has a right to privacy when it comes to their gender identity or sexual orientation, and beyond this, the trans status is not relevant.”[/quote]
Nick Denton being one of the heads who decided to pull the story, and Jordan being the writer of the story.
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