Hot take and vent

"DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back" (karsonkinja) 11/04/2019 at 12:27 • Filed to: None

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Since my favorite site is going away and I’m pretty upset about it I feel I have nothing to lose.

UPDATE: lol I guess maybe not. I’ll leave this up though as I feel like my points are valid and it needs to be said.

This is the fault of a certain subset of kinja users. I get why people were so upset, I get the desire to show solidarity, but the anger went too far and some people wanted to burn the whole place down. Doxxing, calls to violence, constant harassment is not cool, and is against almost every TOS imaginable. Kinja is a service we all use for free, and while we may not agree with what’s going on at the top we certainly are not the ones with the power here and this certainly is not a democratic environment.

The constant posting of this the doxxing/harass ment kind on certain blog life-raft sites ( EDIT: I want to be very very clear that I am not blaming oppo nor do I view oppo as a responsible party )   was not going to go unnoticed and everyone knew it was going to bring an end to all the kinja sub blogs in one way or another.

I think everyone knew it was going to end at some point but I can’t help but feel like this was brought about purposefully and prematurely.

I’m not really looking for a discussion here, as I’m really just venting. As I stated before this is my favorite corner of the internet and while I don’t post a lot I feel like I’ve really gotten to know a lot of you really well, and am really really going to miss you all. This doesn’t feel like the end that oppositelock deserves and that makes this all the harder.

I’ll be over on the subreddit and I might pop into the discord every now and then. I hope we find a place to go that can serve as an acceptable substitute for Kinja, it hurts to think of all the potential content lost. The shitposting, the passionate long form articles about things I never would have thought about.

You guys have been the very best. Hope to see y’all around.

MonkeePuzzle > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 11/04/2019 at 12:29

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CB > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 11/04/2019 at 12:31

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I feel like you’re likely right. I just wish that management was more of a “hey, maybe we’re doing something wrong” variety than a “silence those fuckwits” kind.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > MonkeePuzzle 11/04/2019 at 12:31

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you just reminded me I’ll be seeing less Monkee shitposts

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > CB 11/04/2019 at 12:32

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Maybe under Univision...but not under a private equity firm

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 11/04/2019 at 12:33

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TL;DR :everyone who supported deadspin writers almost killed my favorite site...boo those supporters...

...rightly piss off

the only people to blame are the galaxy brained owners of G/O Media for creating this toxic mess in the first place.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/04/2019 at 12:39

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Like I said dude I get it. I get being mad. You’re mad about deadspin, I’m mad about oppositelock.

But dude c ome on, we don’t own the site, what did everyone think was going to happen? If you’re fine with burning it all down because a corporation did what corporations do best then so be it , you’re entitled to that opinion, but others do not feel the same way, and they’re entitled to feel the way they do too.

Also, if this is how we’re gonna go ou t, lets end on a high note and pump the brakes on the hostility.

Peace, dude.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 11/04/2019 at 13:05

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Youre acting like oppo is the only subblog they’re targeting. There are hundreds of subblogs all with the general disdain towards G/O media not to mention backlash on articles from every other site that hasn’t had commenting turned off yet. Quit pointing fingers at oppo like we are personally responsible for what G/O is doing.  In fact it almost seems like you're defending G/O and their decisions. 

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/04/2019 at 13:16

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Ah okay, I’m realizing I wasn’t entirely clear and I apologize for that. I in no way blame oppo at all.

The constant posting of this kind on certain blog life-raft sites was not going to go unnoticed

In my post I was talking a bout certain other subblogs that were dedicated to voicing very specific disdain to G/O media. Oppo has no blame in this at all from my viewpoint.  

The whole point of my post was that I’m upset that because a few people on sites unrelated to oppo other than the fact that they share “kinja.com” in the URL are going to get the whole thing shut down for everyone.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 11/04/2019 at 13:22

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ok that’s a lot more clear. sorry for coming off like a jerk originally

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 11/04/2019 at 13:26

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Its alright dude, no hard feelings. I’ve updated my post to clear that up a bit.