the verge.com editor gets all kinds of butthurt and meltsdown on twitter

[KMFJD]

this is almost as exciting as gamergate

 

[waggy]

lol he is that upset that someone commented on his bracelet?

exacty. he made the decision to wear it. ignore the haters and continue on.

 

[foghorn67]

I have avoided the Verge after Josh Topolsky left. Nilay has a history of being the quintessential man child. His piece on clearing up patents and what they were intended for was clearly an Apple fanboy defense kicked into overdrive. His lack of patent knowledge was laughable. Yet, he claimed he was an authority on clearing up what patent law is.
I'm not surprised.
Also, to hell with their sensational, click bait headlines.

 

[Jodell88]

I have avoided the Verge after Josh Topolsky left. Nilay has a history of being the quintessential man child. His piece on clearing up patents and what they were intended for was clearly an Apple fanboy defense kicked into overdrive. His lack of patent knowledge was laughable. Yet, he claimed he was an authority on clearing up what patent law is.
I'm not surprised.
Also, to hell with their sensational, click bait headlines.

It's about narrative and ideology, screw facts.

 

[Jodell88]

Imagine if he said black guy instead of white

Don't you know it's open season on straight white males?

 

[Kaido]

I have avoided the Verge after Josh Topolsky left.

I didn't know he left! I avoid the Verge for the most part because I can't process the layout 😀

Wow - he's the editor of Bloomberg digital now, good for him!

 

[Kaido]

Immature kid in an adult body, apparently.

Eh, we've all been there. I'm just glad most of my overreactions are limited to a typed forum & not recorded on video for thousands to see D:

 

[PhoKingGuy]

The milanese strap looks exactly like the Breitling metal strap, which is frankly gorgeous if you've seen it in person.

I trust their sense of style over tubby apple manchild there.

 

[TwiceOver]

Wow. I generally like listening to The Vergecast, not the biggest fan of their story writing. This was over the top for Nilay. What a putz.

I hope he is made aware of just how many crotchety old white guys own the business he's writing for.

 

[twinrider1]

Scream for me Cupertino!

What, no metal fans?

 

[shabby]

Also, to hell with their sensational, click bait headlines.

I noticed a few times that they changed the headline to something completely different for the same article, when i clicked on it i thought "wait a minute, didn't i read this in the morning?".

 

[Rakehellion]

I think what's funny is the fact that something like this blows up big enough to be "all over the internet". Do people care that much about what some dude wears or says about it? I expect some memes to come out of this, too.

You cared enough to post in this thread.

 

[Imp]

He's clearly not getting a synergy bonus with just one gauntlet.

 

[Exophase]

I have avoided the Verge after Josh Topolsky left. Nilay has a history of being the quintessential man child. His piece on clearing up patents and what they were intended for was clearly an Apple fanboy defense kicked into overdrive. His lack of patent knowledge was laughable. Yet, he claimed he was an authority on clearing up what patent law is.
I'm not surprised.
Also, to hell with their sensational, click bait headlines.

What do you call a former copyright lawyer who has a laughable knowledge of patents?

A Verge editor, apparently.

 

[Kaido]

he's clearly not getting a synergy bonus with just one gauntlet.

QFP haha 😀

 

[Imp]

Aw, FML, fail. Those are BRACERS. Gauntlets are gloves.

 

[touchstone]

Not combat effective.

 

[Rakehellion]

Bracers of -10 Cha

 

[ultimatebob]

Bracers of -10 Cha

It seems to give him +50 Whiny Bitch powers, though 🙂

 

[Artdeco]

I'm not impressed that he took the job after Topolsky left, I know the world is dog eat dog, but Josh's leaving was pretty abrupt, and there's been nothing from him about what happened. I met Josh a couple of years ago, he's a really nice guy...

 

[Ns1]

this + learning that Josh left = no desire to read the verge in the future

 

[darkswordsman17]

What's with all the love for that Josh guy? I never understood the fuss over him leaving Engadget and creating the Verge. I've always thought the latter was an eyesore and lacking in it's content and Engadget was nothing special either. And then he basically just became the polite nerd face for the weakass reporting blogging that took over tech.

Granted he was better than the assclowns that were all over Gawker's blogs (and sounds like the guy this thread is about fits right in with them).

 

[Insomniator]

lol @ his spiky bracelet

 

[irishScott]

Wow, what a little bitch. Sheds a little more light on why The Verge has gone downhill though.

 

[irishScott]

What's with all the love for that Josh guy? I never understood the fuss over him leaving Engadget and creating the Verge. I've always thought the latter was an eyesore and lacking in it's content and Engadget was nothing special either. And then he basically just became the polite nerd face for the weakass reporting blogging that took over tech.

Granted he was better than the assclowns that were all over Gawker's blogs (and sounds like the guy this thread is about fits right in with them).

The Verge had some good reviews and articles in the past, nothing too hardcore but in my experience there was usually something worth reading on the front page. Sometimes there still is.

But you can kinda tell how far downhill they've gone by how little other, more tech-oriented sources cite them now. I actually first discovered The Verge by hearing them cited on Security Now a couple of years ago, as well as other tech news outlets. I figured with so many people citing them they had something worth checking out. Now they've slipped into more pop-culture and less technology, and consequently no one of note in the tech world cites them anymore.