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Defector sounds like some shitty site Andrew Torba would make as a spinoff for Gab. Probably because it reminds me of Gab's Brave fork, Dissenter.
Terrible name.
Terrible name.
After walking out on Deadspin last year, journalists make their own sports & culture website called "Defector"
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Super-Chevy454
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To find a very dumb name like Defector these nuts had probably smoked weed, they should complain for the bad quality of the weed to find a lousy name like that.
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I'm pretty sure that is exactly why you have to talk to them to do that level.
BooneHelm
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You got to love how all the SJW types have to run out and make their own company only to have their hand out begging for money.
What can they really offer me that I can't see anywhere else?
This one make me chuckle. "Commenting privileges" But what happens when I use the word faggot or anything the least bit problematic? They'll ban me and keep the money of course.
What can they really offer me that I can't see anywhere else?
This one make me chuckle. "Commenting privileges" But what happens when I use the word faggot or anything the least bit problematic? They'll ban me and keep the money of course.
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It's funny, because Defector is actually an appropriate name for this site that will be a massive failure. Because the name only makes sense if you know the background of the site - which is nearly nobody outside their too-online 'journalist' circle-jerk. And also, their only selling point is that background - rather than, say, their content.
So the name perfectly encapsulates how this site is intended to be read only by their Twitter followers, but they expect to be paid a wage by an audience they don't give a shit about writing for.
My estimate is a full site implosion in 12 - 18 months, including a very fun list of every principle from this article that they threw out the window in a desperate attempt to turn a profit. And a likely scathing article two years after that dissecting exactly how it all failed, who got accused of sexual improprieties, and how badly it was all run.
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This is probably the worst time to start an overpriced "sports journalism" website. Corona-chan has shut down the economy and crippled sports, limiting both expendable money and the games in general, and with NFL et. al. kowtowing to activist anti-American, pro-woke bullshit, the whole industry is chasing off its core demographic.
It won't work though, even if they were writing good, non-woke articles (ha!), it's not worth whatever they're charging.
It won't work though, even if they were writing good, non-woke articles (ha!), it's not worth whatever they're charging.
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This is gonna be the journalism version of CHAZ:
"Running a
*one week later*
"Umm, guys, there's a problem. We're all out of
That hugbox problem already existed. On the Gawker sites only approved comments showed up. If a staff member approved your account, your comments were "ungreyed" and were visible by default. Otherwise they were not displayed unless the reader specifically chose to view unapproved comments.
And your comments could be dismissed and made completely invisible if you replied to any approved account. So it's basically the system they already had.
After I deleted my Reddit account I trolled there for a while. And by troll I mean merely disrupt their echo chambers. Eventually I got tired of my comments going missing and my accounts getting shadowbanned.
And now here I am at Kiwi Farms.
Granted, I don't really remember much of Trump's antics in the late 80s and early 90s, but when I look at Dave Portnoy I feel like I'm looking at a young Donald Trump. He's more like Trump than Trump Jr.
In thirty years if the radical left rears its ugly head again Dave Portnoy will be the one the GOP base calls on.
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They're charging more than The Athletic. 
A brand new, no name site is charging more than, probably, the most respectable source of sports news. They have a little army of reporters that actually go to the games, talk to the players, actually have inside sources and provide the best personal coverage if you just want to follow your favorite team.
A brand new, no name site is charging more than, probably, the most respectable source of sports news. They have a little army of reporters that actually go to the games, talk to the players, actually have inside sources and provide the best personal coverage if you just want to follow your favorite team.
WarJams
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Oh boy, I love social experiments when I don't have to pay for them.
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great news everyone! this site is already at 15k subscribed and it hasn't even launched yet! these writers are making 10% of what they did last year. how long before people start selling off their stakes and chosing to work literally anywhere else?
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Ill admit i didnt realize they could do it. But its apparently officially at profitability. They Can afford obnoxious 6 figure salaries for everyone. Fucking hell, 3 million dollars to tell people vaush level commentary on sports. Could you imagine if this site got even 2% of that?
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All these great stories and more..
Things we actually like, aka definitely not sports.
Things we actually like, aka definitely not sports.
Super-Chevy454
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That's for sure, at this rate they want to compete against the National Enquirer or even the Weekly World News.
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Took a look at the soccer section of this site and tbh, their takes at soccer are mediocre run-of-the-mill shit.
I can read better shit at the Daily Mail's sport section and that really says something.
I can read better shit at the Daily Mail's sport section and that really says something.