Yeah Gawker was one of those things I moved through the phases on VERY quickly.
In probably less than a year ~2011 I went from "wow this is fun and irreverent" to "wow this is a nest of group-think assholes with actively destructive worldviews".
By 2013 I was more stopping by occasionally to look at it more like a zoo for bad ideas. It was "hate browsing":
Oh here is some brain-dead feminism. Here is a some brain-dead tech reporting. Here is a some brain-dead ACAB nonsense.
Damn. You didn't like deadspin back in the day? I read that site everyday during its peak.
Early 2000s Deadspin was soo good.
Hey! I grew up wanting to be a sports reporter too! I loved the irreverance and gossip of deadspin. Heck, I still love gossip!
Yeah Gawker was one of those things I moved through the phases on VERY quickly.
In probably less than a year ~2011 I went from "wow this is fun and irreverent" to "wow this is a nest of group-think assholes with actively destructive worldviews".
By 2013 I was more stopping by occasionally to look at it more like a zoo for bad ideas. It was "hate browsing":
Oh here is some brain-dead feminism. Here is a some brain-dead tech reporting. Here is a some brain-dead ACAB nonsense.