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0 pointsAndrex3y ago0 comments

The first sign I should probably stop visiting The Verge was Nilay Patel's fashion meltdown[1] Then a few years later they DMCA'd a bunch of YouTubers making fun of a Verge-produced PC building video[2].

1. https://www.gawker.com/adult-website-editor-throws-twitter-t...

2. https://kotaku.com/the-verges-infamous-pc-build-gets-fixed-1...

I realize Kotaku and Gawker aren't much better reputation-wise, but a journalism outfit (The Verge) issuing DMCAs against people reporting on them rankled me much worse than the former two. Absolute hypocrisy.

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MisterSandman3y ago

I don't think those things are good at all (especially 2., that was a mess), but the Verge has hundreds of people working for them, and I think overall their content is amazing.

Nilay Patel is... uh, a mood, he's probably my least favourite part of the Verge.

AndrexOP3y ago

Those hundreds of people have agreed to assign their copyright to The Verge (Vox Media). They could be writing elsewhere or self-publishing.

Journalistic reputation is important for a reason.

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