Polygon sold to Valnet and suffers mass layoffs (They ded)

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They finna turn that shyt to an AI-article shell site for cheap ad revenue

Yep, a lot of these so called gaming articles are just copy and pasted from other news sites anyway. Why pay a human to do it :francis:


“According to VGC’s Andy Robinson…..” or “according to known leaker jeff grubb…..”

it’s either that or you can make clickbait/shockbait cringe editorials like kotaku is trying to do.
 

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Yep, a lot of these so called gaming articles are just copy and pasted from other news sites anyway. Why pay a human to do it :francis:


“According to VGC’s Andy Robinson…..” or “according to known leaker jeff grubb…..”

it’s either that or you can make clickbait/shockbait cringe editorials like kotaku is trying to do.


Game guides too. One outlet will rush to publish something with missing or wrong info then others will copy/paste and it basically spread misinformation or incomplete guides


We are very much approaching Dead Internet territory :francis:
 

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Game guides too. One outlet will rush to publish something with missing or wrong info then others will copy/paste and it basically spread misinformation or incomplete guides


We are very much approaching Dead Internet territory :francis:
Young people get their news from influencers that they have parasocial relationships with off social media, streaming, and YouTube now. Video game news websites are a relic of the past like game magazines before them. The bulk of the people who will mourn this site are probably upper 30s and older.
 

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Meh. They kept shoehorning in that subtle, entitled form of anti-capitalist commentary into their articles, which made it feel like Kotaku Lite. Don't like to see anyone get laid off but I wasn't read before this buyout and I won't after.
 
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