I'm firing Valleywag
So it looks like Jordan Golson, the Valleywag writer who boldly (and perhaps foolishly) published his misgivings about his employer’s changes in payment policy, got fired.
Maybe Golson got fired because he outed Valleywag’s pay-less-for-more-work scheme, or maybe it was due to the mysterious “something elses” that Paul Boutin alleges.
Either way, I’ve decided that I’ve had enough. Valleywag was fun and interesting for a while, poking fun at the pomp and circumstance that can pervade the tech industry and providing breaking and insider news now and then.
But I feel like I somehow feel worse about myself when I read it these days, like I’m helping to perpetuate a media culture that I actually don’t feel all that comfortable with (and I’m no prude, trust me!).
The Golson firing incident and Valleywag’s response has helped me to take action on something I should have done a while back: I axed Valleywag from my RSS reader today. If they truly have something of value to say from now on, I’m trusting Techmeme and Twitter and Friendfeed to let me know.
Valleywag, though I know you couldn’t care less, you’re fired.
