RIP in Pieces Splinters

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 10/10/2019 at 12:07 • Filed to: Splinter, the Truth Hurts, Jounalismism, Journalism

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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:12

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I mean...it was awful.  Not really “news” was it.

dogisbadob > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:12

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Spanfeller at work :(

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:13

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But where will I get celebrity gossip where I first have to figure out who the celeb is and why they are famous 

jimz > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:13

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hmm, so you’re telling me people don’t want “news” delivered to them in a tone similar to a 15-year-old who thinks he/she knows everything and has to go around lecturing people?

For Sweden > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/10/2019 at 12:13

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I’m honestly surprised that they couldn’t make money by recruiting a new Che ka. Podcasts seem to make that business model work.

jimz > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/10/2019 at 12:15

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it was barely more than a high school gossip blog. not as bad as Gawker but not much better. e.g. headlines of “Man, old people suck!” “This guy is totally a f**.” “I bet you he and she are totally doing it!” “She’s a total bitch!” and other such quality content. 

For Sweden > jimz 10/10/2019 at 12:15

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Snarky d etached irony is what all the kids like though

For Sweden > jimz 10/10/2019 at 12:16

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Gawker knew the hustle. Who else was going to publish a celebrity's real-time location on a map?

facw > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:18

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Union statement:

Note that in addition to the seven union employees laid of, it sounds (unsurprisingly) like the freelancers were dismissed as well.

Meanwhile Maidment said:

“Despite the hard work of everyone on that staff, which has produced much outstanding journalism and great scoops, establishing a steady and sustainable audience for a relatively young site proved challenging in a fiercely competitive sector,” Maidment said.

“Given that reality, the leadership team made the difficult decision to cease operation of Splinter and redistribute the headcount to the other sites to increase the impact the editorial department can have overall.”

Maidment claimed there would be “no reduction of G/O Media’s editorial workforce as a result of this decision,” and Splinter’s headcount would be “reallocated” across other sites at G/O, the network of former Gizmodo Media Group sites including Deadspin, Jezebel, Gizmodo, and Jalopnik, among others. “Our goal, wherever possible, will be to retain current Splinter staff members in open positions at other G/O Media sites.”

Additionally, he apparently announced the shutdown via an email where he referred to it as “Spllinter”. At least one person has said they didn’t get the email and found out via twitter.

For Sweden > facw 10/10/2019 at 12:19

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Hopefully we get more Hamilton Nolan Lexus reviews.

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:20

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giant tweezers

Ash78, voting early and often > jimz 10/10/2019 at 12:21

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That’s what The Root is for. Plus it has a built-in one-way racial overtone just to bring in The Clicks.

For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle 10/10/2019 at 12:22

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I could eat wontons with this

For Sweden > Ash78, voting early and often 10/10/2019 at 12:23

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G/O Media and everyone who works there should appreciate any and all Splinter resources going to The Root.

nermal > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:23

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It appears as though the staff is getting moved to the remainder of the blogs. I can’t wait to read the scathing hot taeks like a Jellopicnic article about how you shouldn’t buy the new Camero because mullets & hi-tops are bigoted & racist. Or an AV Clubb article about how you shouldn’t let your children watch the Home Alone movies because Trump has a cameo in one of them.

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:23

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they are too sharp and angular for that. proper chopsticks have a smooth rounded edge.

if you did eat with these... it would be...

....wonton destruction  

For Sweden > dogisbadob 10/10/2019 at 12:24

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Cut all the White Guy Squatting and Sports Dad articles

Invest all savings into The Root

Profit

facw > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:24

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Hit certainly hit the mark with his “Better than a 1992 Dodge Aries” take, though maybe Long_Voyager would disagree.

In any event it seems like he’s gone (even if they were actually trying to reallocate employees, and even though he did write for Deadspin after Gawker shut down, I don’t imagine they’d be looking to hard to find new work for one of the union leaders when they have an excuse to let him go.

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:24

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Predominantly shitty writing
Predominantly shitty reporting
Predominantly shitty op-eds
Predominantly shitty.

They overlapped too much with blogs that have better writers like Jezebel and The Root

I’m not surprised at all, they tried to pull-off a left leaning breitbart and failed.

For Sweden > nermal 10/10/2019 at 12:25

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That’s why I don’t watch Sex & the City .

facw > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:27

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Squatting is big business for The Inventory though...

jimz > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:27

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nah, they’ll just put his bossy ass back on The Concourse. 

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat 10/10/2019 at 12:28

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You don’t appreciate this hard-hitting analysis?

facw > nermal 10/10/2019 at 12:28

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Most seem to be being laid off, despite the statement to the contrary from G/O Media.

facw > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) 10/10/2019 at 12:29

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Splinter was never really about that, that’s more Jezebel’s thing.

Spanfeller is a twat > jimz 10/10/2019 at 12:29

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His twitter says he’s in the job market for the first time in a decade

For Sweden > jimz 10/10/2019 at 12:30

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I know he’s an angry White Dude, but that doesn’t automatically condemn him to The Concourse.

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:31

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I feel like my shitposts are Doctoral Theses compared to most of their stuff....

Chariotoflove > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:32

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Message to the other blogs:  up your clickbait and do what it takes to bring in the traffic or else. 

jimz > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:35

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that’s where they stuck him in between Gawker and Fusion/Splinter. 

razorbeamteam > Ash78, voting early and often 10/10/2019 at 12:40

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The Root is straight up racist sometimes

nermal > facw 10/10/2019 at 12:41

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Dang. I was looking forward to reading about new ways to be offended. 

DutchieDC2R > Spanfeller is a twat 10/10/2019 at 12:42

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‘better writers like Jezebel’

Whut? 

ranwhenparked > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:44

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Or Whoppi Goldberg's The Associate. Or the music video to Ghostbusters II. 

Ash78, voting early and often > razorbeamteam 10/10/2019 at 12:44

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I don’t get it. I’m a white guy trying to better understand modern racism, but most of the time it’s like petty teenage snark against white people...just because.

That can be really funny , but theirs is just bitter name-calling . It doesn’t help the cause , but don’t you dare call them an echo chamber :)

For Sweden > DutchieDC2R 10/10/2019 at 12:45

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Jezebel may have paid someone $10,000 to steal pictures of Lena Dunham, but they write good stuff occasionally.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > facw 10/10/2019 at 12:46

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Jezebel makes me so mad because I am all for reconstructing our understanding of gender and taking down the patriarchy and intersectionality, but to a lot of people stuff like Jezebel is what they think of when they hear those words 

Spanfeller is a twat > DutchieDC2R 10/10/2019 at 12:47

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yes. 

Captain Brotatohead > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:49

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Really weird how many times HamBro was right. Ive noticed that some oppo users are praising the end of splinter as a good thing, but it probably isn’t especially if oppo loses its servers and kinja (ah lololol) support. Things have been slowly but visibily getting  worse around here for a while now. Right around the time they got picked up by Private Equity.    https://splinternews.com/the-working-persons-guide-to-the-industry-that-might-ki-1824148959

For Sweden > Captain Brotatohead 10/10/2019 at 12:51

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Maybe he can buy some guns and finally get that revolution going

DutchieDC2R > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 12:55

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That does sound like a good story. 

DutchieDC2R > Spanfeller is a twat 10/10/2019 at 12:56

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ok.

Cash Rewards > razorbeamteam 10/10/2019 at 12:57

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Actually, the party line there is you can’t be racist against someone with more power in society than you, so  minorities can’t be racist against whites. Which almost makes sense if you substitute “discriminate” for “be r acist”, but maybe I’m missing something. (Seriously, am I?)

Captain Brotatohead > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 13:04

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Don’t give me any ideas man. I am also a very privi leged son of a boomer

For Sweden > DutchieDC2R 10/10/2019 at 13:06

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Jezebel irl

razorbeamteam > Ash78, voting early and often 10/10/2019 at 13:07

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I get that it’s not “for me” so I shouldn’t have an opinion, and most of it is pretty innocuous, but things like “wypipo” don’t really help the discourse.

MoCamino > MonkeePuzzle 10/10/2019 at 13:08

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Take your star and stop talking.  :)

user314 > razorbeamteam 10/10/2019 at 13:10

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“Sometimes” ?

Spanfeller is a twat > Captain Brotatohead 10/10/2019 at 13:13

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I don’t think oppo is a “burden” to G/O; nor are any of the other user-moderated blogs.

If anything; we bring (and keep) some  clicks here while charging no salary or requiring offices, or HR, or pensions. We only require some storage at some server rented to them by... I guess... AWS.

We don’t do the job of the people that *work* at G/O; I’m not making that argument at all... im just underlining that Splinter is held at a different standard than oppo,.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Spanfeller is a twat 10/10/2019 at 13:14

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My actual shits are like doctoral thesis compared to some Splinter #Co ntent

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 13:16

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Ah, yes, who could forget such gems as "let's document what happens when you shove drugs up your cooch"  https://jezebel.com/this-is-what-happens-when-you-put-ecstasy-in-your-vagin-478102966

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/10/2019 at 13:17

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I always liked the “Sex Toys are Bad” take https://jezebel.com/agreed-i-think-theres-also-the-fact-that-masturbation-1501522081

Captain Brotatohead > Spanfeller is a twat 10/10/2019 at 13:21

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Agreed and I understand that. Just saying that when the host dies the parasite often does too. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > DutchieDC2R 10/10/2019 at 13:23

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That's how bad Splinter is

Spanfeller is a twat > Captain Brotatohead 10/10/2019 at 13:25

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yeah; but we’re not the parasites killing the host. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 13:27

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It’s only sexism if perpetrated against women, dontcha know.

Captain Brotatohead > Spanfeller is a twat 10/10/2019 at 13:29

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Fair, splitting hairs on that analogy. The PE firm is killing the host, oppo is  benign at worst. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/10/2019 at 13:38

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One gets the sense that’s the only ecstasy ever to occur there...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/10/2019 at 13:39

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No. It’s a War on Women. (tm) 

fintail > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 13:41

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Darn I won’t be able to get my daily dose of concocted outrage.  Going to miss HamNo’s smarm.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > razorbeamteam 10/10/2019 at 13:42

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I’m sometimes just stunned by what I read over there.  Like, peoples’ thought processes actually WORK like that... and are distilled into print with somebody’s name on it????  Unbelievable.

user314 > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 13:44

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Tekamul > razorbeamteam 10/10/2019 at 16:14

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That’s the schtick. They sa id WHAT? Click click click.

B/Xmrrmvr > For Sweden 10/10/2019 at 19:26

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That’s surprising. They provided a safe space for the “anybody but Sanders” crowd and were beginning to overtly side with Elizabeth Warren like every other corporate media outlet.

F.

For Sweden > B/Xmrrmvr 10/10/2019 at 19:59

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Probably because Bernie Sanders is a terrible candidate with chekist sympathies.