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In response to "Executive editor of Gawker Media and the editor in chief of gawker.com are both resigning." by ty97

So, if Gawker went away, we'd get rid of Deadspin and it, but we'd lose Gizmodo, Kotaku, and Charlie Jane's io9.

Posted by David (aka David) Jul 20 '15, 09:12

I'm deeply conflicted about this. Kotaku is a lot of fun, and io9 is probably my favorite movie web site outside of the stuff we do. Deadspin and Gawker are media evil incarnate.

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Deadspin is not the same as the Leitch era, but it's recovered from the icky Daulerio era. -- nm - Tim Jul 20, 09:27
Kotaku, I think, was actually the lynchpin for me to unfollow all the gawker stuff. I forget why. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:14 5
- I never navigate there, but it seems like a site with a lot of good viral stories/news. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:16
- GamerGate? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:15 3
  - It might actually have been before that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:15 2
    - I think it was when their entire organization-wide user database got stolen -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:18 1
      - (that was in 2010) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:20
They're all Gawker Media, so baby/bathwater. -- nm - ML Jul 20, 09:13 2
- That was my point, yeah. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:14 1
  - I read those sites regularly as well--also Jalopnik. -- nm - ML Jul 20, 09:17
Plus Lifehacker. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:13 8
- I used to read Lifehacker a lot five or six years ago, but I didn't find much use for it overall. -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:14 6
  - It's mostly for the deals and new apps now. Much less 'lifehacky' stuff. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:15
  - The world doesn't revolve around you David. ;p -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:15 4
    - My world does! -- nm - David Jul 20, 09:15 3
      - Kim, please disabuse him of this notion at your earliest convenience. His world revolves around you. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:16 2
        
        David named his Tivo "Kim"? -- nm - ML Jul 20, 09:27 1
        
        The Kim Collective? -- nm - Spawn Jul 20, 09:31
- Jalopnik (I'm not much into cars, but they have some good articles) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 20, 09:14

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So, if Gawker went away, we'd get rid of Deadspin and it, but we'd lose Gizmodo, Kotaku, and Charlie Jane's io9.

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