I care about issues in that wheelhouse. This is one such issue, however, that isn’t worth caring about in the first place. There is almost nothing easier in this world than to extract oneself from online harassment situations. What’s “lost” by doing so is nearly always of next to no value. There are real problems in…

No one cares, Nathan. Online toxicity is the most first-world problem in existence. To even call this a journalistic “beat” is beyond generous.

I’d place my bet on monetizing the data, to developers and publishers rather than faking numbers.

I’m not really sure why them not leaking sales data from their platform is a problem

Dear (apparently not white?) person,

Well-said. I don’t know what the gray policy is on these sites, but the fact that this is gray proves the point.

I wonder if you would be spouting this same shit if it was your kid that got murdered at school? I doubt it.

The fact you just discount and dismiss the discussion shows you’re the only one afraid of actually talking about things.

So should we force diversity?

You seem like a critical thinker and someone who can see the gray areas, not just black and white. You should be careful here. Your kind is not well liked by the mindless horde.

Do they provide any documentation to support the hypothesis that a diverse team is more productive than a homogeneous one? No, because this is a commentary and not research. If they want to frame social justice as enlightened self-interest they have to prove it. I think it would be a good idea as long as it didn’t…

I understood the point, I just don’t think university sponsored/state sponsored discrimination, positive or otherwise is particularly useful for people. It hasn’t been successful and actively harms the people it is supposed to benefit.

I’ve been asking you whether you think a PR lynching that compromises his future is fair, and your responses have been that he’s a “scumbag” or “asshole” and deserves whatever he’s getting. It sounds an awful lot like you’re just angry and projecting that onto the situation, instead of sensibly reasoning whether…

I feel like I have to remind you that he didn’t actually tell a legitimately suicidal person to “just do it.” He said if someone made the threat he would; which may have very well just been an empty gesture to make a point. A publicized campaign to defame and label him a monster in order to vindictively ruin whatever…

You’re kind of not getting it; you’re mad at this person and it’s making you irrational. He didn’t tell someone who’s actually suicidal to kill themselves, he said he’d dare someone who threatened to commit suicide. Reason likely being that he probably doesn’t believe they would, because people on the internet lie…

You know what, I’m going to apologize. I overreacted and flipped out on you. As a victim of sexual abuse myself who was very angry after reading that whole thing, your comment felt callous to me and I lashed out. With some distance now I can see that wasn’t your intention. I’m sorry.

That’s probably a rhetorical question, but the answer is before the damn internet. If the guy made the same commentary in person, everyone would dismiss it as stupid and carry on with their day, immediately and permanently forgetting it was ever said because it’s so completely irrelevant.

I’m a black, disabled, queer woman from the south and I don’t resent a fucking to-the-manor-born journalist one bit. He hasn’t taken a thing from me and, with this gig, has given so very much back to me. Hush.

This is just painful to read. You may be super duper fun at parties!

Okay please. Yes he is privileged but that resume above cannot be achieved by privilege alone. Come ON.