RIP Rich Kyanka / Lowtax

[KMFJD]

Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka, Something Awful Founder, Dies at 45

Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka has been credited with helping shape internet culture in the late 90s and 2000s.

www.newsweek.com

He sold Something Awful about a year ago , Goons are taking this like goons normally do....

 

[brianmanahan]

 

[nakedfrog]

RIP, you certainly did a thing to the internet.

 

[Charmonium]

I tried to join SA years ago but the mods were just vicious to newbies so I bailed.

 

[Captante]

Wow that sucks ... RIP

 

[brianmanahan]

I tried to join SA years ago but the mods were just vicious to newbies so I bailed.

20 years ago mods were vicious everywhere!

look at an old ATOT thread and you'll see like %50 of the commenters are banned

 

[zinfamous]

every other line in that article is "reported by...reported by...reported by."

....who is actually generating the news these days? Does anyone actually work? I mean, that's Newsweek FFS. Say what you will about their shady history, but they were, at least, a legitimate weekly journal. Are they now staffed by barely-literate jelly-donut swilling neckbeards whose only life skill is trawling the internet for other peoples' information to aggregate into "stories" that they have no business stamping their name on?

(not just calling out Newsweek, but that style is about 80% of what gets passed as an article on the internet these days)

 

[JulesMaximus]

Never heard of him.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Never heard of him.

Excellent contribution to the thread lol.

I was more of an ebaums/newgrounds teen. Can't understate the impact homie had on meme/interweb culture.

 

[KMFJD]

i think that him banning hentai(?) led to the creation of 4chan, the Photoshop Fridays were great

every other line in that article is "reported by...reported by...reported by."

....who is actually generating the news these days? Does anyone actually work? I mean, that's Newsweek FFS. Say what you will about their shady history, but they were, at least, a legitimate weekly journal. Are they now staffed by barely-literate jelly-donut swilling neckbeards whose only life skill is trawling the internet for other peoples' information to aggregate into "stories" that they have no business stamping their name on?

(not just calling out Newsweek, but that style is about 80% of what gets passed as an article on the internet these days)

Yeah that's the only thing i found other than posts on SA from a long time friend of his

itt a tribute to our late founder, farewell, deer richard

forums.somethingawful.com

it's not for the feint of hearty, they really tear into him at times

Starting to see some more articles come out

Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka, founder of Something Awful and onetime king of the internet goons, dead at 45

In b4 thread lock.

www.pcgamer.com

Who was Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka?

RICHARD ‘Lowtax’ Kyanka is the founder of the comedy website Something Awful. On November 11, 2021, it was reported that Kyanka had passed away. Who was Richard ‘Lowtax’ Kya…

www.the-sun.com

https://www.engadget.com/something-awful-founder-lowtax-dead-170501155.html

 

[Charmonium]

every other line in that article is "reported by...reported by...reported by."

....who is actually generating the news these days? Does anyone actually work? I mean, that's Newsweek FFS. Say what you will about their shady history, but they were, at least, a legitimate weekly journal. Are they now staffed by barely-literate jelly-donut swilling neckbeards whose only life skill is trawling the internet for other peoples' information to aggregate into "stories" that they have no business stamping their name on?

(not just calling out Newsweek, but that style is about 80% of what gets passed as an article on the internet these days)

I haven't run into that issue personally but I try to keep to established (and reputable) news outlets. But I tend to use google or yahoo news and I have to say that even those have started to infiltrated by what I would consider questionable sources. Fortunately, it only takes a couple of clicks to exorcise those from your feed. But the mere fact that they're showing up is at the very least, concerning.

 

[kn51]

SA gets a bad rap from time to time but it is fairly easy going. Usual caveats apply, like don't engage in the politics subforum if you value your health but that goes for any other forum. Couple other areas to avoid that are quite obvious the moment you step into them and think, eh, not for me.

Heck I'm on it everyday and I didn't even realize lowtax died until I saw it another site and thought..."huh, waddya know."

I'm just old school I guess and like to think I will die clutching old standard type forums with my cold hands.