Comments on: Kotaku Becoming The Star Magazine Of The Video Game Industry? http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/12/29/kotaku-becoming-the-star-magazine-of-the-video-game-industry/ The editors from The Bitbag soundoff on technology, video games, anime and whatever else comes to mind. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:45:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BenGilbert http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/12/29/kotaku-becoming-the-star-magazine-of-the-video-game-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-3698 BenGilbert Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:26:01 +0000 http://www.thebitbag.com/?p=3123#comment-3698 While I agree with what you're saying here Torrence, it's the larger institution and the way that they sort out paying their writers that we should be looking at here. Gawker Media, umbrella parent of Kotaku and many other sites (Gawker.com among them, thus the name), pays writers on each post based on its traffic stats -- comments, page views, unique users, the amount of time they stay on the page, ad clickthroughs, etc. The problem is that this system of paying writers based on page views encourages sensationalist headlines and seemingly forced or, as you may very well put it, "non-news" stories. Worse, if that shit's getting the page views, then isn't it the readers fault for rushing to look at the train wreck, so to speak? if those sensationalist and tabloid posts get the most eyes and the readers want more, who's to say it's wrong to keep covering those topics? Isn't serving the reader ultimately the final goal? I don't read Kotaku for the same reason that you wrote this post and I can understand what you're saying, but there's bigger issues at play here and Mr. Ashcraft is just one writer trying to do his job (a lot like yourself, ahem). Hope your holidays are going well, amigo. While I agree with what you’re saying here Torrence, it’s the larger institution and the way that they sort out paying their writers that we should be looking at here. Gawker Media, umbrella parent of Kotaku and many other sites (Gawker.com among them, thus the name), pays writers on each post based on its traffic stats — comments, page views, unique users, the amount of time they stay on the page, ad clickthroughs, etc. The problem is that this system of paying writers based on page views encourages sensationalist headlines and seemingly forced or, as you may very well put it, “non-news” stories. Worse, if that shit’s getting the page views, then isn’t it the readers fault for rushing to look at the train wreck, so to speak? if those sensationalist and tabloid posts get the most eyes and the readers want more, who’s to say it’s wrong to keep covering those topics? Isn’t serving the reader ultimately the final goal? I don’t read Kotaku for the same reason that you wrote this post and I can understand what you’re saying, but there’s bigger issues at play here and Mr. Ashcraft is just one writer trying to do his job (a lot like yourself, ahem). Hope your holidays are going well, amigo.

]]> By: Torrence Davis http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/12/29/kotaku-becoming-the-star-magazine-of-the-video-game-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Torrence Davis Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:25:08 +0000 http://www.thebitbag.com/?p=3123#comment-3689 @snskid - YOU ROCK! @snskid – YOU ROCK!

]]> By: snskid http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/12/29/kotaku-becoming-the-star-magazine-of-the-video-game-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 snskid Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:03:47 +0000 http://www.thebitbag.com/?p=3123#comment-3686 I don't even visit the Kotaku website. I visit 4 sites daily Davis. (Yes that was a play on words) 1. Gametrailers 2. US PS Blog 3. TheBitBag 4. n4g Yes I have thebitbag bookmarked. :] I don’t even visit the Kotaku website. I visit 4 sites daily Davis.
(Yes that was a play on words)

1. Gametrailers
2. US PS Blog
3. TheBitBag
4. n4g

Yes I have thebitbag bookmarked. :]

]]> By: Torrence Davis http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/12/29/kotaku-becoming-the-star-magazine-of-the-video-game-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-3681 Torrence Davis Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:05:13 +0000 http://www.thebitbag.com/?p=3123#comment-3681 They banned me! LOL They banned me! LOL

]]> By: Drakol http://www.thebitbag.com/2008/12/29/kotaku-becoming-the-star-magazine-of-the-video-game-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-3678 Drakol Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:16:26 +0000 http://www.thebitbag.com/?p=3123#comment-3678 Bitches don't know how we roll! What what! Bitches don’t know how we roll! What what!

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