Polygon sold to Valnet and suffers mass layoffs

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sad to see that searching "let them suffer" in the gif search just brings up some screamo band.
 
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They killed themselves by being activist and not journalist.

I never liked this site from day 1. Psycho Ben Kuchera, sanctimonious Arthur Gies and Chris Plante, and a whole bunch of purple hairs. No idea if any of them are still there or not. Well I guess not after today.
 
Do good gaming content and gamers will stick around.

Always amazing how joe nobody streamers doing Twitch and YT feeds on their own time and relying on click revenue can outdo corporate employees on a payroll.

Goes to show how shitty their content is.
 
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Let it. Demand will still be here. What rises from the ashes will be greater than before. We could use some rain. Be brave. Only thru this cycle can we truly evolve. We could use some cleaning of the agendas out of gaming. Games should never be a source of social engineering. Maybe if they get wiped out financially for trying they will recognize their own evil and not try it again. AC Shadows enjoyers in shambles.
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Anytime gaming takes a backseat on gaming outlets, it's just not worth going to anymore. Unfortunately a lot of the ones we grew up with went that route. I just don't even bother revisiting any these days. Hell, I haven't for years.
 
Gaming media has always been left leaning outlets with political angles and agendas dug into every nook and cranny, and Polygon has long been a frustrating relic of a time when bloggers and activists would get jobs they were never qualified to have.
 
Gaming media has always been left leaning outlets with political angles and agendas dug into every nook and cranny, and Polygon has long been a frustrating relic of a time when bloggers and activists would get jobs they were never qualified to have.

It's funny that the places that don't really editorialize at all, like Gematsu and VGC, seem to be doing just fine
 
Not gonna pretend I feel sorry for them. Happy to see these activists finally feeling some consequences
 
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I never liked this site from day 1. Psycho Ben Kuchera, sanctimonious Arthur Gies and Chris Plante, and a whole bunch of purple hairs. No idea if any of them are still there or not. Well I guess not after today.
The Verge was good when it launched. Polygon was underwhelming for the reasons you state. Then GG hit and it all went to shit. That also more or less coincided with Nilay Patel taking over The Verge and well that guy is a lunatic.
 
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I want to join bluesky just to point and laugh a little. I can't believe they left for a new walled garden and it still got tilled.
 
Gaming media has always been left leaning outlets with political angles and agendas dug into every nook and cranny, and Polygon has long been a frustrating relic of a time when bloggers and activists would get jobs they were never qualified to have.
In general, anything attention seeking skews left (media, celebs, athletes, companies promoting for PR pts etc...). They do it due to the nature of the people working there (attention whoring liberals to begin with) and it combines with aiming for an image of being giving and caring. So on paper, it sounds like a match made in heaven for success.

Problem is a lot of the people and companies doing this are morons and people figured out their agenda. So users move on to more genuine people or companies with no political slant.

It's also problematic for media people because their existence mostly comes from being egotistical and attention seeking or doing such great content people seek them out. Most of their content is juvenile junk ad forgotten 2 days later, so that leaves being loud or controversial hoping to be noticed to keep a job. Its a short term fix because it might work at the beginning, but then it fizzles out. It's like look how crazy all the YT people are now for attention doing dumb shit when it wasnt like this when video sites first popped up in the 2000s. You got to be crazier than the last guy to keep those clicks coming. Making video games is similar for many studios. Their next game always has to be bigger and splashier as a priority. Gameplay secondary.

To give people an example of media that is successful on content alone without loud annoying political people is National Geographic. Their mag and videos are literally nature shots spun into a story. But it's not loud, pronoun based or any other childish antics for views. As crazy as it sounds, just have good content showing insects, frogs or lions and hyenas fighting and that good enough to entertain without the attitude.
 
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Couldn't have happened to a worse company
 
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