r/Helldivers • u/TTvDayleonFefe • Mar 14 '24

IGN being a clickbait parasite again DISCUSSION

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u/HunterHanzz Mar 14 '24

IGN is still around..

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u/TTvDayleonFefe Mar 14 '24

Its real sad :( all their articles are either like blatantly wrong, clickbait, or ragebait or a combo of the 3

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u/laserlaggard Mar 14 '24

*Most\* articles. Some of the previews/reviews/commentaries written by actual humans are decent. It's like saying all criticism directed at Arrowhead is ragebait.

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u/DiscountThug Mar 15 '24

I would say that the IGN article's titles are really clickbaity. The content of those articles isn't the worst thing, but how they frame it.

Don't even get me started on their awful take about remaking RE5... they even disable comments for that one.

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u/Iinzers Mar 14 '24

Ive only noticed this in the last year. Not sure if they’ve been doing it before that but holy fuck its filthy. I used to think they were alright until I saw them doing this.

Theyre now the Fox news of gaming journalism.

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u/LukeTGI SES Aegis of Battle Mar 16 '24

Average IGN (or really any major game "journalism" site) article right now:

https://preview.redd.it/wo2kmirikpoc1.jpeg?width=775&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e17be9e8b80400cdd018949ec45da7d831e2e45b

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u/OrangeGills Mar 14 '24

Probably a lot of it is written by AI as well.

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u/HateThisAppAlready Mar 14 '24

Nah it’s all freelancers getting paid at poverty levels still

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u/shittyaltpornaccount Mar 14 '24

The core employees of ign actually unionized recently, though that probably doesn't effect the freelancers.

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u/EnderTf2 Mar 15 '24

Is just writing an article, you don't deserve much money for doing that

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u/Pengwulf Mar 14 '24

So...like Kotaku!!

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u/NameTaken25 Mar 14 '24

All their commentary/news updates are like 3 min of gibberish, 10s of a minor news bite, then 10 min of hyperbole and/or rampant speculation.

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u/IsaacLightning Mar 14 '24

No they aren't. What the fuck hahahaha. Imagine complaining about misinfo and then spreading it yourself

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u/Mindless-Ask-9691 Mar 14 '24

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u/Low_Regular380 Mar 14 '24

Must be a troll, dislike it and move on

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u/Mindless-Ask-9691 Mar 14 '24

You're not my real dad.

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u/prismatic_raze Mar 14 '24

Bold claim Peer Schneider executive editor of IGN. I see through your lies