Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:19 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:33 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:41 am
Was just coming to post this!
Will be subscribing!
Will be subscribing!
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:46 am
They probably need to work on hiring some black people to avoid the Simmons trap.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:47 am
Considering they have a trans writer, I would think they'd be a little more open to POC writers than Simmons would be.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:56 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:01 am
I really have to assume they are on that. They've had some incredibly talented black voices in the past that moved on from them. I wish they could get a few of them back. Time to find new voices.
I just subscribed.
I just subscribed.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:40 am
This genuinely perked up my day.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:47 am
I know (eyeballing) 10 out of 18 white dudes isn't cause for celebration, but I imagine that's still pretty diverse for the sportswriting industry.
MAITREYI ANANTHARAMAN
TOM LEY
ALBERT BURNEKO
DAVE MCKENNA
DREW MAGARY
DAN MCQUADE
SAMER KALAF
KELSEY MCKINNEY
BILLY HAISLEY
DIANA MOSKOVITZ
GIRI NATHAN
PATRICK REDFORD
LAUREN THEISEN
CHRIS THOMPSON
LUIS PAEZ-PUMAR
DAVID ROTH
BARRY PETCHESKY
RAY RATTO
MAITREYI ANANTHARAMAN
TOM LEY
ALBERT BURNEKO
DAVE MCKENNA
DREW MAGARY
DAN MCQUADE
SAMER KALAF
KELSEY MCKINNEY
BILLY HAISLEY
DIANA MOSKOVITZ
GIRI NATHAN
PATRICK REDFORD
LAUREN THEISEN
CHRIS THOMPSON
LUIS PAEZ-PUMAR
DAVID ROTH
BARRY PETCHESKY
RAY RATTO
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:48 am
It's true. It is not like a 80s sports page by any means.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:50 am
And on the same day ...
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:58 am
Also signed up.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:33 am
Great news
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:45 am
May I ask which level you're selecting? As someone who will very likely not take advantage of most of the additional items that come at the $99 level (commenting, live Q&A's, etc.), do you feel the newsletter may include things to help "make it worth" the additional $30/year? It need not be a particularly high bar, but just want to know what you think.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:52 am
If I sign up, and I probably will, I will do the base level. I think I commented like 5 times total at deadspin.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:57 am
If it was $69 to comment and $99 not to, I would have done the $99.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:06 am
Right. I'm just trying to find out if anyone thinks the $30 for the newsletter will be worth it.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:14 am
I did it just because. Another $2.50/mo for some extra amount of something I've truly missed on devices I'm in front of all day long for the forseeable future.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:17 am
I went $99 just to give a little extra support to their effort.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:06 am Right. I'm just trying to find out if anyone thinks the $30 for the newsletter will be worth it.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:47 pm
I'm most excited for the Roth and Magary podcast to comeback, Deadcast was easily the one I got happiest about when a new episode showed up. Although I guess I just assumed it would be free. Have they said if its available for subscribers only?
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:51 pm
Lawyers man. Wait. You didn’t go to that level.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:17 amI went $99 just to give a little extra support to their effort.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:06 am Right. I'm just trying to find out if anyone thinks the $30 for the newsletter will be worth it.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:53 pm
I love both of their writing but man I did not dig the podcast. I really am just not a podcast guy I think.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm
Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:43 am
Yup.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:08 am
In the last two years before they were torn apart from corporate raiders, their political stuff was as clear and concise about where things were at the moment and where it was heading as anything out there. They were literally one of few progressive sets of voices before they were silenced. It's why the "stick to sports" crap from their last media takeover overlords was what drove them to quit. They understood that you cannot separate sports from society at large. It is REALLY good their voices are coming back collectively.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:11 am
I remember I got into Deadspin because Will Leitch went on that failed Stephen A. TV show Quite Frankly and was told that Deadspin wasn't a good enough name for a website.
Then there was this magic a couple years after that:
Then there was this magic a couple years after that:
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:12 pm
Plus, Jambaroo.tennbengal wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:08 am In the last two years before they were torn apart from corporate raiders, their political stuff was as clear and concise about where things were at the moment and where it was heading as anything out there. They were literally one of few progressive sets of voices before they were silenced. It's why the "stick to sports" crap from their last media takeover overlords was what drove them to quit. They understood that you cannot separate sports from society at large. It is REALLY good their voices are coming back collectively.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:12 pm
And bear videos. I miss those.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:40 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:06 pm
To be fair, this was more of a cultural blind spot than an "I don't get, or like, this" type of thing.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:08 pm
Yup again.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:06 pmTo be fair, this was more of a cultural blind spot than an "I don't get, or like, this" type of thing.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:19 pm
Yeah, people in here talked about Deadspin a lot, and I read a bunch of linked articles, but never get into it.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:06 pmTo be fair, this was more of a cultural blind spot than an "I don't get, or like, this" type of thing.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:16 pm Never really got into Deadspin. Feel like a real outsider right now.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:59 pm
Late deadspin may have had the clearest group moral compass on the internet. I have no doubt they would have set one of their own on fire if caught doing the things they were constantly calling out others for.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:52 pm
Don't get me wrong, I'd go there every now and then, but it was sort of like top 40 radio for me in that I never really researched the authors like I do indie bands.
Re: Defector.com
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:33 am
Go time
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:46 am
Hope it continues to tell me to upgrade my subscription if I want to comment every time I click on a new article...
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:47 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:49 am
I created a password once, it still asks me to do it, I can ignore it and still comment
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:40 pm
I really enjoy how you can't use the shortest of shortcuts to open an article in a new tab, as well as the asking me for a screen name to comment on every one.