Seems that P. Spencer strangled Kotaku editor's cat (Halo 5/Q. Break)

[mornelithe]

Torillian said:

mornelithe said:

Well, I can't speak for Torillian, because I don't read a ton of his writing.  However, I made this trust remark earlier, and his lack of a response to open a dialogue about it, isn't exactly encouraging.

You wanted a dialogue on that one?  Seemed like a reasonable response that people should find specific writers they like to forego these issues, I generally don't post "yeah I agree" while at work because I'm busy.  Did you mean that the standard should be to assume all writers are unthuthful until you specifically learn that they are not?  Guilty until proven innocent basically?  If so then no I disagree, but it's not really something I'd want to debate about.  Regardless of the current state of the journalism industry by stance is that it is perfectly rational and normal to change one's mind when presented with new evidence and that should not be a sign of someone being untrustworthy.    

Well, I was hoping for some kind of response, either that you understood what I meant, or maybe a critique on the statement (And you gave it, so I thank you).  In the realm of this thread, what you have to say is absolutely relevant.  It IS hard being a writer online, and as a fan of games who depends on outside sources for information, it's also very hard on users to have to jump from place to place to place to find writers they can put their confidence in.

I would stop you however, from refering to it as a debate.  It's not necessarily about winning points in an argument.  I think it's a very real issue, and something that only open dialogue between writers themselves and fans can work through.  Because I do think it's fair to suggest that many people view all writers now, through a lens of skepticism first, and that's unfair to the profession and the individual, and it's an ugly fact that the poor behavior of others has kind of hurt all established and aspiring writers.