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  Smabblering

  1 year ago

  I agree with majority of your rant about Gizmodo, indeed they are very childish. Good on you for posting this. Oh and by the way, Kotaku are no where near respected, they are terribly biased and just drive complete BS headlines and stories for hits/views.
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  Joe

  1 year ago

  No kidding, l HATE gizmodo; and NEVER click on their digg articles, seems like they steal A LOT of their stories for other smaller web sites as well.
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  Kevin

  11 months ago

  Agree Gizmodo Sucks.
  
  I think you need to check out their new article:
  http://gizmodo.com/5029524/steve-jobs-says-he-d...
  
  In this they claim that Steve Jobs should not have to reveal any medical problems. The article also compares Steve to FDR and JFK.
  
  While the article was bad and poorly written, the real fireworks began in the comments section. At last count over 2 dozen readers have been banned from Gizmodo for comments relating to the article.
  
  Some of the comments took offense to the comparison of Steve to JFK and FDR. Others disagreed with the article and felt that Steve should disclose his medical problems. All of the above were banned.
  
  It appears that the banning was the result of a childish act by Jesus Diaz a senior editor at Gizmodo. Multiple commenters pointed out that Jesus had written an editorial and should expect some disagreement. However, these were the last comments that these writers would make at Gizmodo. All those dissenting were banned.
  
  So as an FYI, in case you didn't notice Gizmodo is an Apple dominated site. And anyone disagreeing with the views of the staff will be summarily banned.
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  Gizmodo Sucks

  11 months ago

  Here have a domain for a while:
  http://www.gizmodosucks.com
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  Nicedomain

  11 months ago

  Yeah I stopped reading them a few years back. The form of English they speak on that site is literally as bad or perhaps worse than that of youtube comments. I hate the writing style Gizmodo uses so much that I decided I would rather not keep up with the gadgets posted on that site. Its like the write for the 12-16 year old digg audience. The really sad thing is there Alexa rank:
  
  Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide
  
  more today on gizmodo jobs...
  gizmodo.com - Cached
  Rank: 573
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  Sean

  11 months ago

  Like Kevin pointed out, these guys are ban-happy. A few months ago I was banned for making a light-hearted joke, implying that Lego's don't qualify as Gizmos.
  
  When I commented on it in my profile, they disabled my ability to report problems are ask questions regarding my profile status.
  I was disappointed when they pulled their TV stunt, but I let it go. Now I see that they are just childish.
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  sam

  10 months ago

  yeah they really do suck. i made a comment critical of a recent entry about the developer of a jet pack. the entry consisted of FOUR separate video clips, all on the front page. the accompanying text didn't summarize what these video might say or explain the general drift of the article.
  
  my comment was:
  
  "does EVERYTHING have to be a video? could you at least summarize what this story is about?"
  
  and for that i was banned.
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  Rob

  10 months ago

  Unlike the rest of you, I loved Gizmodo.com (the site, not necessarily the prank you address). I have always felt they covered the tech and gizmos that interest me, and they manage to make me laugh sometimes. I have given 'em hell sometimes in my comments, if I don't like their angle, are covering something they've already covered, etc., and been a fairly active commenter in my favorite blog.
  
  But I got banned from commenting on Gizmodo.com yesterday. I didn't use profanity, threaten anyone, or link to spam. The only reason I can figure I got banned from Gizmodo is because I mentioned the author of the article (Mr. Diaz) had a couple glaring mistakes, and said (in jest) that must mean the author didn't get enough sleep. Next thing I know my commenting privileges are gone.
  
  It really sucks to get banned from your favorite blog when you didn't see it coming. How do you keep liking something that rejects you? Maybe I should join the dark side, seems to be at least 8 gizmodo haters I can team up with.
  
  Wait a second... Did all you guys all get kicked off too? That's really the only reason I can see to hate the blog itself, assuming you can handle R-rated content from time to time (which I do).
  
  Oh well, if nothing else, people can come here (GizmodoSucks.com seems to bring you here) and add stories of their banning.
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  Grrrr

  9 months ago

  Rob, I was banned a few months back for no reason by Mr. Diaz as well. I agree I really enjoyed Gizmodo, I was a commenter for years. I believe I was banned for pointing out that the story was not new and had actually been reported in the WSJ a few months back, but I will never really know the real reason since no one told me.
  
  I agree with your rationale, I dislike Gizmodo now because of how they treat their readers. There appears to be no consideration made for my years of commenting, over 400 comments I believe.
  
  I feel like I contributed a lot to the site and that if someone had a problem with me they should tell me.
  
  So I no longer read gizmodo, I doubt my 10 less page views a day will help, but it at least makes me feel better.
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  Rob

  9 months ago

  Ha, I noticed a bunch of people pointing out a mistake on Gizmodo today. Since it was an article by Jesus Diaz, I can't help but wonder if a dozen new ex-Gizmodo commenters will join us today.
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  An

  7 months ago

  oh my gosh guys it was a joke people cant laugh anymore
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  Trollerton

  7 months ago

  They are pompous assholes and accept absolutely no criticism.
  
  I'm a troll and will be the first to admit that. I spend most of my time mixing poop jokes into my honest opinions. They had absolutely no problem with my poop and penis comments, but when they crossed the line by making a post that was extremely derogatory towards a portion of the population I had to put my penis jokes aside and criticize the post. I was banned on the spot.
  
  I'm not a complete idiot, I have several engineering degrees and for the most part only blog out of boredom when nothing is going amiss at work. I have a rather large following of trolls and downtime bloggers as well as fellow gamers and for a while had a link to Gizmodo on my personal websites. I have removed that link and tempted placing a link to this in it's place, but honestly I don't want to give them the traffic
  
  Thanks for letting me rant, this is the last post I will make regarding the site. On a side note, the Gawker network is still a good place to go, I just won't be going to Gizmodo.
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  achtung

  5 months ago

  Gizmodo is a joke. If you make ANY comment mentioning their loyalty to Apple they will disemvowel/ban you on the spot.
  
  It's ridiculous. They have absolutely zero credibility.
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  Rutager

  5 months ago

  I agree. While the Gizmodo fags were sucking apple' s dick for the last year, they have now moved to sucking Obama's dick. I have quit going to their site altogether.
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  BeautifulAgony

  5 months ago

  I have to say, I have mixed opinions of Gizmodo. On one hand, there is often a wide variety of technology related articles (although, admittedly, they do stray). On the other hand, their bias is extremely evident.
  
  What must be remembered, however, is that a blog, they are under no obligation to provide any semblance of legitimacy to their endeavor. Although it would be in their best interest to have accountability and show journalistic integrity, it is not required, in any sense.
  
  If you look at my comments there (same name, BeautifulAgony) you'll see that I am often extremely outpsoken about their bias, lack of integrity and obvious trolling with headlines. I also criticize the people who somehow, erroneously, feel that Gizmodo should be some bastion of integrity and responsbility.
  
  The banning, disemvoweling and rampant Headline Trolling is simply their way of doing business. Will it bite them in the ass? Perhaps. Are they wrong for doing it? No. They have every right to conduct themselves, ont heir website, as they see fit. My exception to condoning their behavior stops, however, when they enter the real world and engage in childish, and or dangerous, pranks. I can't endorse that sort of behavior, and I do hope they would learn a lesson.
  
  I haven't been banned from Gizmodo, (as of this posting) despite my overtly critical remarks, but then I tend to be evenhanded about my criticisms, neither singling anyone out, nor needlessly bashing on Gizmodo writers.
  
  It will be interesting to see if Gizmodo's rampant banning and disemvoweling hurts their readership, but somehow I doubt it will. There are always thousands of new clickthroughs, and relative to that, a small number of commenters. Those who do comment tend to be a rather vocal minority who comment regularly. It could wellbe that Gizmodo is loathe to ban/disemvowel well known commenters, knowing that it could result in backlash that would cast them in a (more) negative light.
  
  For now I continue to visit and comment there, despite their lapses in judgment. I maintain my evenhanded criticism of both the writers, the topics and other commenters.
  
  Should they decide to ban/disemvowel me, well, I may not like it or agree with their reasons, but its not as though they don't reserve the right to do it. It's no different than having a critical loudmouth in your home during a party. You reserve the right to throw them out for any reason, if you disagree with them or find them suddenly unappealing or obnoxious.
  
  Everyone would do well to remember that, and keep it foremost in their mind, rather than feel hurt or wounded by being cast out, as though some rights have been denied. A privilege was lost, no rights were infringed upon. Just a thought.
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