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And this.. The websites' archives have also been completely wiped, leaving no trace of past articles. There should be clear outrage!

Sangermaine 9y ago
This is retaliation for the staff unionizing. The wiping is a petty final insult to try to deprive them of even their body of work.
- reaperducer 9y ago
  Maybe. Or perhaps the potential unionization was the straw that broke the camel's back at an operation that was already hemorrhaging money. I can see someone running some projections in a spreadsheet of how much unionization would cost the company, which was already losing money, and someone else deciding it's just not worth it anymore.
  - SapphireSun 9y ago
    If unions can see the budget sheet and negotiate accordingly, they wouldn't kill the company. They want to keep their jobs, this is nonsense.
    - malandrew 9y ago
      Why should unions get to see the budget and negotiate? It's not their business and they aren't entitled to that information. If they don't think their salary is fair, they can always seek work elsewhere.
      - SapphireSun 9y ago
        Congrats, you just added one more nail in the coffin of capitalism.
        malandrew 9y ago
        No worries. Socialism's coffin was nailed shut and buried long ago.
      - markmark 9y ago
        Wait, you think people shouldn't negotiate their salary?
        malandrew 9y ago
        They are welcome to negotiate salary. They aren't welcome to private information that isn't theirs such as the company budget.
        anigbrowl 9y ago
        "My precious!" You seem terrified of the idea that they might choose to negotiate as a group for some reason, even when they go about that in a perfectly voluntary fashion.
      - k__ 9y ago
        I don't see the problem. If companies get bigger, they get more specialized people. When you got 3 people, the dev is probably also the admin and the tech support, if you got 30 you get multiple people for each job. It's only logical to get some specialized people (the leaders of the union) to negotiate salaries, while the rest of the the workforce does their work. Sure, if you see the companies success independent from the employees success this doesn't make much sense, but if you see the both entangled, why shouldn't this be okay?
      - anigbrowl 9y ago
        Why not? They do most of the work,maybe they should have the opportunity to chime in on how the business is run. Maybe they might actually be able to offer positive suggestions. So yes, it is to some extent their business.
  - eli 9y ago
    Pretty unlikely that they were completely bankrupt to the point where they couldn't afford the hosting bill for even another day. Nevermind that leaving the archives up while not paying writers would generate ad revenue at very low cost in the short term. Instead now they have to refund advertisers with incomplete campaigns.

Sangermaine 9y ago

This is retaliation for the staff unionizing. The wiping is a petty final insult to try to deprive them of even their body of work.

reaperducer 9y ago
Maybe. Or perhaps the potential unionization was the straw that broke the camel's back at an operation that was already hemorrhaging money. I can see someone running some projections in a spreadsheet of how much unionization would cost the company, which was already losing money, and someone else deciding it's just not worth it anymore.
- SapphireSun 9y ago
  If unions can see the budget sheet and negotiate accordingly, they wouldn't kill the company. They want to keep their jobs, this is nonsense.
  - malandrew 9y ago
    Why should unions get to see the budget and negotiate? It's not their business and they aren't entitled to that information. If they don't think their salary is fair, they can always seek work elsewhere.
    - SapphireSun 9y ago
      Congrats, you just added one more nail in the coffin of capitalism.
      - malandrew 9y ago
        No worries. Socialism's coffin was nailed shut and buried long ago.
    - markmark 9y ago
      Wait, you think people shouldn't negotiate their salary?
      - malandrew 9y ago
        They are welcome to negotiate salary. They aren't welcome to private information that isn't theirs such as the company budget.
        anigbrowl 9y ago
        "My precious!" You seem terrified of the idea that they might choose to negotiate as a group for some reason, even when they go about that in a perfectly voluntary fashion.
    - k__ 9y ago
      I don't see the problem. If companies get bigger, they get more specialized people. When you got 3 people, the dev is probably also the admin and the tech support, if you got 30 you get multiple people for each job. It's only logical to get some specialized people (the leaders of the union) to negotiate salaries, while the rest of the the workforce does their work. Sure, if you see the companies success independent from the employees success this doesn't make much sense, but if you see the both entangled, why shouldn't this be okay?
    - anigbrowl 9y ago
      Why not? They do most of the work,maybe they should have the opportunity to chime in on how the business is run. Maybe they might actually be able to offer positive suggestions. So yes, it is to some extent their business.
- eli 9y ago
  Pretty unlikely that they were completely bankrupt to the point where they couldn't afford the hosting bill for even another day. Nevermind that leaving the archives up while not paying writers would generate ad revenue at very low cost in the short term. Instead now they have to refund advertisers with incomplete campaigns.