goneforever Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Polygon, Kotaku Outed By Gamers, Forced To Revise Some Policies After Reddit allowed gamers to make it known that a blatant conflict of interest was at hand between some of the writers at both Kotaku and Polygon, the issue became too big to ignore. Fear shot the arm of the gaming press like cocaine through the nostrils of Rob Ford, even causing the content director at Joystiq, Alexander Sliwinski, to quickly make it known to the public that he and his fellow cohorts had not participated in any kind of impropriety, so as to avoid the righteous hammer of the gaming community’s steadfast judgment. Over on Kotaku, head honcho Stephen Totilo wrote in a brief and succinct post that they would be making some light changes to the way some of their writers interact with those within the industry, stating… “The last week has been, if nothing else, a good warning to all of us about the pitfalls of cliquishness in the indie dev scene and among the reporters who cover it. We’ve absorbed those lessons and assure you that, moving ahead, we’ll err on the side of consistent transparency on that front, too.” “We’ve also agreed that funding any developers through services such as Patreon introduce needless potential conflicts of interest and are therefore nixing any such contributions by our writers.” Polygon still has to answer for their crimes. Head honcho Christopher Grant took the site to post a small blog about the issue as well, once again, after the Reddit post blew up and gamers were calling for more head on sticks than there were female presenters at E3. Grant took a slightly different approach than Totilo, holding more ground for his own troops than the words of leniency spared to the public by Kotaku’s front man. In fact, Grant doesn’t see a problem with Patreon at all, writing… “It’s natural that our staff would want to contribute to some of the creators whose work they appreciate and want to see continue, whether that is a Patreon campaign, a Kickstarter project or a AAA pre-order. But I think it’s more important that we support the readers of this site first and foremost. It’s imperative that we maintain appropriate barriers with the subjects we cover and, when those barriers are unclear or open to interpretation, as this case is, that we sufficiently disclose those details so readers can ultimately judge for themselves.” Source : OneAngryGamer / Kotaku / Polygon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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