What's the Yelp rating for this hill to die on?

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 07/17/2015 at 18:11 • Filed to: None

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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:16

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Hand waving. The story is not that the story was removed. The story needs to be the story, and that it existed at all.

CB > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:16

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This entire thing is a mess.

Spaceball-Two > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:16

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What a cluster fuck.

scoob > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:18

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Can anyone explain what’s going on?

For Sweden > scoob 07/17/2015 at 18:19

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follow the links and you will find what you seek

djmt1 > scoob 07/17/2015 at 18:21

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Gawker needed money.

Posted a tasteless story.

Everyone said that story is tasteless.

Gawker disagreed.

Then decided story wasn’t “interesting” enough and pulled story.

Writers worried that editors can do this, glad they unionized.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:23

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Service was terrible and there was clear evidence that human excrement was thrown at the walls.

.5/10 would not visit again.

Sam > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:24

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Maybe Gawker will tear itself apart from the inside out.

macanamera > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:26

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Roughly 3.9 yelps.

Ballzonya > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:27

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I kinda hate the fact that Jalopnik and Oppo are part of Gawker media. It is the one site that does not really fit their mold of scummy journalism

macanamera > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:29

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lemmiwinks lemmiwinks

For Sweden > Ballzonya 07/17/2015 at 18:29

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Lifehacker is the worst fit with the others. They always have the most traffic and least amount of terribleness.

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:29

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This is amazing. I mean. Really? REALLY? Soooo... to summarize:

“Hi guys, so listen, we fucked up soooooo amazingly badly at our jobs that our executive directors felt the need to actually step in and make an executive business decision, and correct our willfully negligent oversight that we were seemingly unable or unwilling to do so at a speed that satisfied our directors, who then justified their position and demonstrated that this was an example of where the line in the sand should be.

And this hurt our feelings. Even though we know we fucked up, and agree that this never should have been published, we think that executives need to stay out of editorial decisions, and should never step in to correct our mistakes.”

Did I miss anything?

I get the separation of Executive Directors from the Editorial Staff, but when the Editorial staff shits the bed and then doesn’t fix it, in fact, in many cases they double down and defend their abhorrent position rather than face this twisted mirror, then someone needs to step in. And they did.

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:30

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Pssst. Look at all of the primary “mast” pages. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Notice something missing from Lifehacker?

;)

For Sweden > Gamecat235 07/17/2015 at 18:32

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I don’t see anything missing actually, and now I feel dumb :(

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:32

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Hint... it’s a shared post.

For Sweden > Gamecat235 07/17/2015 at 18:33

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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

the person who pays the bills doesn’t get to roll in the mud.

Gamecat235 > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:35

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Yeah, there is something to be said for being the least “political” of the lot... and also with the most unique and consistent traffic.

Under_Score > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:40

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“Our union drive.”

Unions are corrupt and don’t deserve a place in society anymore. There’s no surprise that a site like Gawker is a part of one.

samssun > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 18:55

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Here’s a list of words from those links that literally make me laugh out loud to see included in any Gawker statement or editorial “movement”:

uncompromising, mission, independent, influence, restraint, important, journalism, editorial, flagship, judgment, standard, meaningful, condemn

boxrocket > For Sweden 07/17/2015 at 23:38

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All in favor of [extended-] Jalopnik, Oppo, and LifeHacker somehow cutting ties with Gawker and starting their own thing?

It’d be the ultimate ground speed check!