“Dear Salty, why does human nature exist and why doesn’t it consistently cater to my insecurities?”

Because how else are we supposed to support these writers. There is pretty much no good replacement for Kotaku and I have followed some of those writers for basically a decade now. I’ll support the writers if they decide to walk out and leave and go elsewhere, but I can’t abandon the ones who are still here.

why are you still visiting sites here?

I don’t know how this got posted, but I appreciate it.

Whoa, this is unexpected. Spanfeller is the herbiest of herbs.

They shouldn’t have written all those sports stories.

Shutting down the only dedicated politics website in your portfolio right before the 2020 election, one of the most consequential of our lifetime, kicks into high gear. Essentially shutting down the second-most highly trafficked website in your portfolio because one out of every twenty five posts rankles you. I’m not…

I started on Jez, got my star on Gawker from Denton himself after I made a dick joke I’ve long forgotten but Deadspin is the only one that stuck. I barely knew anything about sports before I started reading here but Drew’s columns sucked me in because they DIDN’T stick to sports so were very accessible to Boner…

And P.S. to Jim Spanfeller, not only are you losing my Deadspin pageviews (which were numerous, I assure you), but my Kotaku ones, as well as occasional timid ventures out into the badlands of Jalopnik, Gizmodo, and Jezebel. Congrats! Your strategy to boost ad views is working swimmingly!

Wow! I can comment on an article!

Sorry, gotta get one long comment in before they shut off the lights:

It’s been a hell of a decade for me on this site. It’ll be sorely missed, and the muscle memory to not type Deadspin in my address bar is going to take years to break.

I’ve been a regular here since 2006. My social circle doesn’t really allow many opportunities to talk sports so I treasured that this was THE place that allowed for my dumbass jokes and ridiculous takes to be heard (and even then, there were better comments made by better people).

Posted this gif on Greenwell’s tweet about no more staff, but seems appropos here as well. Best of luck to you all. Thanks for the bears, Diana. You did great!

I would 100% pay for Deadspin, Kotaku, TheTakeout, and Splinter. I’ve never paid for access to media in my life. 

Ha! Your self-deprecating reveal cracked me up.

UnDead Spin!

It’s one of the few things I would add to my monthly expenses. Deadspin and io9 keep me sane at work. 

I suspect a lot of us would express similar sentiments. I don’t want my ad revenue going to Great Hill any more, but I also have an incredibly hard time letting go of Deadspin and the writers I love. Hoping the next few days will present a better course of action for the commentariat crew 

“I believe everything...and I believe nothing. I suspect everyone...and I suspect no one.” That and “Do not trifle with me, Monsieur. I am skilled in karate... My hands are lethal weapons!” were my go-to.