![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:42 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
They have removed all comments from Deadspin. This seems like a big jump in the wrong direction.
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And the had just made some posts about the sports.
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Wow. Holy crap.
This is such utter BS.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:51 |
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Also it looks like they disabled comments on Drew’s (presumably final) funbag. Fuck Spanfeller forever.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:52 |
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“oh the humanity sports ”
![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:52 |
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If they don’t make the last story a picture of a penis, the entire enterprise was a waste
![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:58 |
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What’s going on?
![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:58 |
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You know, when all your writers jump ship and all your commenters are remarking that the owners have gone too far, maybe something should be considered.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 17:59 |
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It appears to be the Kinj apocalypse
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:01 |
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Well that sucks, hope find new work quickly.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:02 |
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It’s pretty bad that a blog as popular as deadspin is going tits up. Adequate man needs a new home.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:02 |
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All deadspin posts
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:03 |
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What’s the advantage of resigning? Wouldn’t waiting to be fired give them more leverage in the eventual labor dispute?
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:03 |
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Jesus....
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:04 |
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Oh, ok. I thought for some reason it was just all the females leaving.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:06 |
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck these private equity vultures. I hope they rot in hell.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:06 |
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While true, it’s more a protest and solidarity action. The fact that your writers are more willing to jump ship than to wait for a parachute says plenty. And if they’re left behind with lower quality or staff - or no staff - then the site is effectively dead in the water.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:13 |
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Aw, man. Well, Diana deserves better. Sounds like she smelled something in the air as well...
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:13 |
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Do we know where we are going when this bar gets shut down by the same Health Inspector?
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:14 |
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Nope
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News outlets should never be in the hands of private equity
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:16 |
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Rumor has it the last post will be a Deadcast tomorrow, which I assume will be one not to be missed.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:18 |
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That part isn’t unexpected though
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Jeeeeeeeeeez.
I was wondering why they wouldn’t load. What a thin-skinned bunch of crybabies.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:23 |
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Several oppo members are working on building a new oppo which will live at the oppositelock.com domain. That is where we will hopefully end up if things go south.
That said that project started yesterday. If the deadspin-pocalypse claims Oppo there will be a blackout period.
The discord will be the rallying point:
http s :// discord .gg / AQJ 9 bs
Just take the spaces out of that and it will get you in.
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Well, If they are willing to nuke the commentariat Oppo isn’t safe anymore. If they decide that the readers should not be allowed to speak up and they remove kinja’s commenting features its the end of Oppo on this platform.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:27 |
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The First Rule of Discord is to never talk about Discord...
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:28 |
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When you are using discord as a life raft you need to break some rules.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:30 |
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I got an invite invalid when entering that address.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:32 |
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The Chapo Trap House sports podc ast will be interesting
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:34 |
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Odd. Try this one:
http s:// discord .gg / QQ Sx9 C
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:34 |
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exactly
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That potential saddens me because it would leave an Oppo carcas behind. At least it would allow us to potentially leave updates behind on where oppo is going.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:36 |
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Really sad. I listen to the deadcast all the time. Usually a few times each
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:37 |
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That invite is expired?
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Union just put out a statement.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:38 |
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oh man....and I was getting so many likes too. Now I’m really di sapp ointed!
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:39 |
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That one worked, Joined.
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Try the other one. That one seems to be borked.
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Yeah. Invalid for me, too.
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Me, too.
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I got an invite invalid when entering that address, as well..
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:44 |
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Well, I just might have a contingency plan for that
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:48 |
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FWIW, it seems you can still get to the comments by going to the article authors page, first. It’s a cumbersome workaround, sure, but they still exist, they’ve just removed the button on the FP.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:50 |
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If only a place were soon to exist in which we could all mourn together.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 18:55 |
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That, too. It’s one of the biggest catastrophes in the mass-resignation today. Deadspin was a gem for having different voices than your usual dry (or worse: misogynistic or worse) sports bros weigh in on important subjects. The diverse staff covered important issues with the clarity and nuance they deserved, often from angles that went uncovered by other outlets, but made a huge impact because of that.
M ost of all, they gave my motorsport and car coverage a shot, day in and day out, not just with cross-network shares over from Jalopnik, but with actual genuine support . Tim Burke is a gottdang saint for helping me with screencaps and video bits when the Internet didn’t come through with a copy, or when I couldn’t catch something in time on the main (read: advertisement-heavy) U.S. feeds. Diana Moskovitz in particular couldn’t have been more supportive in researching longform projects. She and Tim Marchman both helped me learn new research systems and dig deeper into big stories.
I cannot think of a more talented group of sporpswriters on the internet, or a more supportive, genuine bunch of individuals. I’m so angry and sad right now. The worst people always seem to win.
I don’t expect the old dorks who run the network to care about hiring a diverse staff if they do continue with Deadspin, given their history of installing old white dudes they’re buds with in positions of power without an open job search, and over talented candidates who were largely doing those jobs well when they took over. Ugh. This is really the darkest timeline.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 19:02 |
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I mentioned that in another comment. We are eternally grateful for your impulse purchase of the domain.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 19:08 |
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Odd, I’m on mobile now so I can’t get you another link to try but go into my comment history and try some of the ones that are there.
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I hope all of these folks can find work in other areas, publicly supporting someone fired for insubordination and quitting is a sure way not to get interviews. Maybe some of them can make it work on their own but most won’t work in the field again
![]() 10/30/2019 at 19:56 |
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That gif is a metaphor for what it’s like being 50 years old.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 19:57 |
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Thank you muchly for this!
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50 nothing, my body has spent most of my 30s falling apart. I’ve got more surgery scheduled in a couple weeks...
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Well, to be fair, I was being a little more specific....
Good luck with all that. Be sure to wash your hands. Hospitals are great places to get sick.
![]() 10/30/2019 at 20:46 |
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Iirc, the kinja commenting system is part & parcel of g/o. It was included in the sale when Gawker died, and when Univision sold everything. So, they can poof it all anytime they want, technically, including all the subblogs.
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Maybe they can lure back Denton to right the ship, things were pretty stabile under him, up until they weren’t. The past 3 years have seemed like lurching from one crisis to another.
You probably wouldn’t even have to pay him, I bet he’d do it for a sandwich and use of an indoor bathroom once a day .
![]() 10/30/2019 at 21:12 |
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Which is why there is a backup plan with another user owned domain.
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Ok, great!!!!???? Feeling v welcome rn.
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https://deadspinrip.kinja.com/deadspinrip-up-all-night-the-end-of-a-cruel-summer-1839485620
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so who’s even left, is it just Drew, sitting in a room with all the lights out?
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if it takes off, happy to pitch in some donations for hosting. looks like we’ll need a new home soon ha
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Samer and Drew
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Neither of those invites were valid for me. If you're able to post a new one I'd appreciate it.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 00:20 |
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The final autoplaying video uploaded to the site just needs to be one long fart noise.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 00:22 |
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Nevermind. Second one eventually worked.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 00:23 |
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Weird. Would it be replacing deadspin.com with authorname.kinja.com in the address bar? I tried clicking through an author’s page to see what someone wrote as a reply to me on Drew’s blog but had no luck.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 00:24 |
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Yeah. :(
TBH, all of editorial deserves better than this. Horrifying. Utterly horrifying.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 00:32 |
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Thanks. For the revised link-- Duly Subscribed.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 02:38 |
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It’s up.
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I might’ve spoken too soon, and in a semi-drunk post work haze last night. It appears that I happened to click on a couple of Deadspin Concourse articles, which you can get to comment sections through author page. Anything under the Deadspin heading alone seems to be vaporized.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 08:25 |
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Yikes, you never sleep!
![]() 10/31/2019 at 09:16 |
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Drew resigned this morning.
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Crap. :(
I read through all of Funbag’s in a window I’d left over and now I’m deeply sad.
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Welp, they’ve officially screwed up so badly that they’re going to have to change the headings at the top of the website if they attempt to continue.
![]() 10/31/2019 at 10:08 |
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You’re header GIF is incredibly satisfying.
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That, unfortunately, is largely true.