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Short Fiction About the Future of Gawker Media Gets It Right
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cybergrunt
11/30/08

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Gawker Media, aka you guys have almost single-handedly killed the blog and squashed any hope of the individual to have a say in this world. What a great achievement, you must be very proud.
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Annalee Newitz
12/18/08

@cybergrunt: And yet here you are, an individual, using a Gawker blog to have your say in the world. I think Alanis Morrisette would call that ironic.
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DrFish
11/29/08

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It's interesting that the post below this one features a picture from Dawn of the Dead. If that movie had been done in the style of The Gambler passage posted here, Dawn of the Dead dialogue would have gone a little something like this...

"I don't even mind the fact that the world's been overrun with zombies since we get to do whatever we want in this mall."

"I feel that way too. But now that you say it out loud I realize that our feelings are really a comment on society."

"Look at the zombies shuffling through the mall. It's not too different from before the apocalypse!"

"The only thing I miss about life before the apocalypse is TV ads. They were so entertaining and gave meaning to my life."
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Annalee Newitz
11/29/08

@DrFish: I'd see that movie! Sounds like dialogue from Zombie Strippers!
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Meirelle
11/28/08

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This story bangs me over the head with its (not so) hidden political agenda. Hell, it's even a political stance I agree with-- less crap celeb stories and more important stories please-- but the exerpt you provided makes this sound less like a short story and more like an angry blog rant.

No thanks.
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Banned for pointing out blatant misrepresentation by io9
11/28/08

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The title and much of the content make it seem this post's purpose is to draw attention to and complain about problems with the way Gawker Media does business. Was that its intent?
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Annalee Newitz
11/28/08

@Mandrock: No that wasn't my intent. If you read the story, I don't think you'll see it that way.
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Banned for pointing out blatant misrepresentation by io9
11/28/08

@Annalee Newitz: I did read the story. And if myopically chasing after the almighty "feed numbers" rather than chasing feed-poor but "important" news, wasn't what the story got "right" about "the future of Gawker Media", then I am very curious what it is you are saying the story did get right about Gawker Media's future.
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phoenix
11/28/08

@Mandrock: Perhaps it was commentary about the state of news dissemination and blogging with an eye-catching title, without being a pointed reference to the current workings of any specific company? I don't know, out on a limb here, but maybe - just maybe - your interpretation isn't the only one possible given the information provided?
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Banned for pointing out blatant misrepresentation by io9
11/28/08

@phoenix: "maybe - just maybe - your interpretation isn't the only one possible given the information provided"

Since I was specifically asking for Annalee's "interpretation" as you put it, your "out on a limb" suggestion is a bit redundant, eh?

Annalee clearly states the story got something right about the future of Gawker Media. I am very curious to learn what she thinks it got right about their future.
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phoenix
11/28/08

@Mandrock: fair enough, I did say it was out on a limb, didn't I?
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LuciaDeiphontes
11/28/08

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mitchel_stevens
11/28/08

@LuciaDeiphontes:

Never bring up "Vllywg." That does not exist in Soviet Gawker.

Gawker Prevails!
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Pope John Peeps II
11/28/08

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But Ong only wants to focus on stories that are beloved by scientists and policy wonks, and they don't represent a demographic the advertisers care about.

haha. Slightly inaccurate. They don't represent a demographic that REGULAR PEOPLE care about. You seem to think it's some sort of conspiracy to numb regular folks. It's the other way around. Regular folks DESIRE numbness, and conspire with themselves to achieve it.
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Annalee Newitz
11/28/08

@Pope John Peeps II: They don't represent a demographic advertisers care about because it's a small demographic. It's not a conspiracy; it's just common sense.
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phoenix
11/28/08

@Annalee Newitz: I couldn't have said that better myself.
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phoenix
11/28/08

@Annalee Newitz: or more appropriately, I like your ideas; do you have a newsletter I could subscribe to?
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Pope John Peeps II
11/28/08

@Annalee Newitz: But it's their scientific stance regarding the world that doesn't resonate with people, right? Climate scientists themselves are not the people that advertisers target.
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