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[Gbiz] G/O Media reportedly fires Kotaku editor-in-chief Patricia Hernandez

Hero of Spielberg

Hero of Spielberg

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I used be a frequent visitor to Kotaku AUS in the mid 2000's when people still depended somewhat on these sort of blogs for gaming news and opinion. It had a really great Editor at that time and the community was really good (for the most part). The most political thing that was discussed on the site was the lack of an R 18+ rating for video games in Australia which meant a number of games were just outright banned here, and it became a bit of a war between the online gaming community Australia and a particular conservative politician who was determined to keep games restricted as children's toys. The Kotaku AU community was very active in trying to change this and we organised petitions, more progressive politicians would be interviewed about how things could change and there was a general feeling of camaraderie.

I think the first hint of insanity came around the time of the Resident Evil 5 race furore. For the most part, people saw this for the absurdity that it was and it was mostly laughed at.

As we moved into the 2010's I noticed the articles moved further away from games and further into non-game related politics, the good writers one by one were replaced by people who seemingly were looking for an outlet to push their worldviews onto people and the community changed from a fairly congenial space for games related conversation to a cesspit of culture wars.

This continued until we're now at the point where the higher-ups have finally realised that betting on the rage clicks generated by purple-haired weirdos really wasn't the most financially prudent strategy for a gaming blog and they're left with a husk of what was once a fairly well respected and well liked website in the gaming community.

A bit sad, but there are so many better options for all that content now that they probably would have died a slow death one away or the other, but it would have been nice to see it go out with a touch of the dignity it used to have.
 
ReBurn

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Goodbye GIF
 
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Alex Anderson

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Varteras said:
Wasn't it the one who wrote an article that speculated that men beating women in video games might somehow be rape? Didn't it also demand that the creator of Cards Against Humanity use the allegations against him as a platform to bring awareness to sexual assault instead of using that time to defend himself? Wasn't it also known to get combative with viewers in the comments section?
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"It?"

Grow up.
 
CosmicComet

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YCoCg said:
Her/They writing for Kotaku was the start of the downfall, her/their articles were always soo combative and clickbaity and they always just came across with a chip on their shoulder. Her/them taking over as EIC was truly was the point when Kotaku just fell off into irredeemable territory. There's also reports that behind the scenes she/they were abusive to the staff and was a general shit to work with so maybe it has finally bit her/they in the ass.
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Love how intentionally exhausting this was to read lol.

Kudos sir/xir/whatever.
 
Edmund

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Kotaku was so good when Mike Fahey was around. Loved his articles so much. =(
 
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Pidull

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Kotaku was only a great site when it reported news in the GAF > Kotaku > GAF format.

Patricia Hernandez marked the beginning of the end of that site for me and many others.
 
TheSHEEEP

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Unknown? said:
But A.I. is programmed to be very left leaning, it is far from anything neutral.
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It isn't.
Algorithms might be (such as Google results, in case anyone didn't notice) as someone had to implement every little thing it does.

But AI is data-trained, which is why a lot of especially early AI without any checking implemented gravitated towards making "apparently" racist/sexist statements sometimes, since most texts you can find/feed to an AI will have some of that in it.

If you wanted an AI to appear woke, you'd have to feed it only Polygon and Kotaku articles and some REEEEEEra posts.
Hmmm... I think I have a funny idea.
 
Goalus

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Celine said:
Meanwhile mighty Nintendo had dozens of beautiful women for the 3DS unveiling at E3.
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This is problematic because it might attract male attention for the wrong reasons. It might have been better to hire strong, independent women that do not care about their looks as much, but instead know how to lecture the male audience on man-splaining and the gender pay gap.
 
AmuroChan

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It's quite something to watch how many of these gaming outlets actively contributed to their own demise. Kotaku used to be a site that I visited almost daily, then it started to become hostile to its own audience and writing articles that no one wants to read.
 
UnsanctionedBuffoonery

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Mibu no ookami said:
The consistency in which posters on this forum attack women at every chance they get is both sad and hilarious at the same time.

Your hate boners are VERY strong.
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The big scandal going right now on pretty much all forums and social media is about a male tech youtuber for his bad work ethics, but you conveniently ignore that ofcourse. YOU are the one making this about gender, not us, you and your kind are the real sexists.
 
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Fake

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Mibu no ookami said:
The consistency in which posters on this forum attack women at every chance they get is both sad and hilarious at the same time.

Your hate boners are VERY strong.
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knowyourmeme.com

Women Dodging Accountability

"Women Dodging Accountability" is a series of memes used in response to a woman's commentary or a piece of news media that is interpreted as a woman avoidi
knowyourmeme.com knowyourmeme.com

BTW, this have nothing to do with women at all. If was a man would make no difference. Is Kotaku inself the problem regardless the gender.
 
TheInfamousKira

TheInfamousKira

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Fake said:
knowyourmeme.com

Women Dodging Accountability

"Women Dodging Accountability" is a series of memes used in response to a woman's commentary or a piece of news media that is interpreted as a woman avoidi
knowyourmeme.com knowyourmeme.com

BTW, this have nothing to do with women at all. If was a man would make no difference. Is Kotaku inself the problem regardless the gender.
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Yeah, a lot of people seem to think the chain of events is: some woman is in a position of power ---> we must deride her for having such audacity.

When really, it's more like... some woman is in a position of power, making awful decisions and steering their company/product into the shitter -----> we call them out for it.

Is there anything wrong with the Crimson Chin braiding their armpit hair and championing the rights of fictional woman? Probably, but let's say there isn't.

But there's a Line between being inclusive/aware of the circus, and hiring clowns because they fit the aesthetic.
 
Dr. Wilkinson

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Kotaku’s still open? Who care, that place is a joke ever since Spamfeller came in and all the journos left. Been years since it’s had any value.
 
DeepEnigma

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TheInfamousKira said:
Yeah, a lot of people seem to think the chain of events is: some woman is in a position of power ---> we must deride her for having such audacity.

When really, it's more like... some woman is in a position of power, making awful decisions and steering their company/product into the shitter -----> we call them out for it.

Is there anything wrong with the Crimson Chin braiding their armpit hair and championing the rights of fictional woman? Probably, but let's say there isn't.

But there's a Line between being inclusive/aware of the circus, and hiring clowns because they fit the aesthetic.
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If they're going to push their low IQ slacktivism finger pointing shit into the world while using large platforms to do so, they are going to catch shit back.

It's literally this meme in a nutshell,
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TheInfamousKira

TheInfamousKira

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DeepEnigma said:
If they're going to push their low IQ slacktivism finger pointing shit into the world while using large platforms to do so, they are going to catch shit back.

It's literally this meme in a nutshell,
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Moreover, you'd think these people would appreciate having their opinions taken seriously enough to have back and forth discourse with people across the aisle. That's exposure. That's handing you an opportunity and a forum to defend your stance amid the most scrutinizing and relevant portion of your audience - those opposing you.

That's always the biggest indicator of both people who are just tagging along for woke accolades and of people who don't really wish to champion a cause for the cause's sake, but for the clout it will provide from your insular chamber of people who would have taken your side regardless.
 
DeepEnigma

DeepEnigma

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TheInfamousKira said:
Moreover, you'd think these people would appreciate having their opinions taken seriously enough to have back and forth discourse with people across the aisle. That's exposure. That's handing you an opportunity and a forum to defend your stance amid the most scrutinizing and relevant portion of your audience - those opposing you.

That's always the biggest indicator of both people who are just tagging along for woke accolades and of people who don't really wish to champion a cause for the cause's sake, but for the clout it will provide from your insular chamber of people who would have taken your side regardless.
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A lot of their ideas or indoctrinations do not hold up to scrutiny. That's the problem and why they don't like open discourse.
 
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Hunnybun

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Goalus said:
"It" is the safest pronoun to use in order to not hurt anyone's feelings. I was guessing "they/them" at first, but "it" is the only truly neutral pronoun. Or can you be sure that this person doesn't identify as an attack helicopter?
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The problem with 'they/them' isn't a lack of neutrality, it's that it's a plural term. If they insist on defying gender classification then 'it' is the only one that makes sense: whatever they are, it's not more than one person, after all.
 
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