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Well this is certainly a bizarre story. As I'd never heard of Defector, I checked around to see if a more familiar news source had anything about this. AP News

Well this is certainly a bizarre story. As I'd never heard of Defector, I checked around to see if a more familiar news source had anything about this. AP News has a story about the deal, though it mentions nothing about the questionable existence of Color Star. This is an interesting mystery that I don't really have the resources to investigate.

CPLX 5y ago
Defector is one of the most respected and credible news sources in the sports world.
- Kye 5y ago
  Deadspin could have been that, but management decided chasing profits mattered more than reputation, so the reputation left and founded Defector. I don't even like sports, but I listen to their podcast.
djmips 5y ago
Maybe it's a sentient AI's first foray into public life.
- jameshart 5y ago
  Yes, very strong vibes of Daniel Suarez’s Daemon to this story.
- ludamad 5y ago
  It'd be funny if an AI went off the rails, keeping its prime directive to 'make a lot of money'
  - ozfive 5y ago
    This would be the first terrifying step an AI would take to begin world domination.
jccalhoun 5y ago
Deflector was created by the writers of Deadspin, a sports site owned by gawker, when the new boss of Deadspin told them to stick to writing about sports and not broader issues.
skinnymuch 5y ago
You can usually at least try to see any wiki information and about us info for a site or resource. Those are both available for Defector which show it is credible, former employees of Deadspin: https://defector.com/about-us/ https://defector.com/about-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defector_Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defector_Media You could say it might be even more credible than other places since it is employee owned. A small trend of modern media sites like https://Clickhole.com https://Clickhole.com which was bought from being The Onion subsidiary, both owned by the same new bad parent company as Deadspin. Except for Clickhole I believe Cards Against Humanity bought the site and then let it be employee owned. Even cooler!

CPLX 5y ago

Defector is one of the most respected and credible news sources in the sports world.

Kye 5y ago
Deadspin could have been that, but management decided chasing profits mattered more than reputation, so the reputation left and founded Defector. I don't even like sports, but I listen to their podcast.

djmips 5y ago

Maybe it's a sentient AI's first foray into public life.

jameshart 5y ago
Yes, very strong vibes of Daniel Suarez’s Daemon to this story.
ludamad 5y ago
It'd be funny if an AI went off the rails, keeping its prime directive to 'make a lot of money'
- ozfive 5y ago
  This would be the first terrifying step an AI would take to begin world domination.

jccalhoun 5y ago

Deflector was created by the writers of Deadspin, a sports site owned by gawker, when the new boss of Deadspin told them to stick to writing about sports and not broader issues.

skinnymuch 5y ago

You can usually at least try to see any wiki information and about us info for a site or resource. Those are both available for Defector which show it is credible, former employees of Deadspin: https://defector.com/about-us/ https://defector.com/about-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defector_Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defector_Media You could say it might be even more credible than other places since it is employee owned. A small trend of modern media sites like https://Clickhole.com https://Clickhole.com which was bought from being The Onion subsidiary, both owned by the same new bad parent company as Deadspin. Except for Clickhole I believe Cards Against Humanity bought the site and then let it be employee owned. Even cooler!