Pointing out it exists and mocking it is discussing it. It's a shallow, low-quality discussion, but it is broaching the subject. Probably the most mainstream media discussion this issue has recieved in years, which yeah is really fucking sad and infuriating to me personally.
I'm sorry, I feel we are having two different conversations so I'll stop now.
Yeah you don't understand because you can't even bother to listen to what I'm saying. Like I've repeatedly explained it multiple times in this thread, plenty of other people understood.
OK? Literally all I'm saying is that what Totilo says there (this content exists on every mainstream content platform that allows porn and is popular on those platforms) is true. As someone who was victimized by online predators as a minor, predators who used content like this to groom me, the fact that a media outlet is actually willing to even broach that subject gives me hope that maybe people are starting to realize that this is a significant problem that needs addressing. The manner in which they broached the subject was honestly pretty tasteless and crude, but it was still shining a light on what is out there...even if it did so in a bad way. Which means more people are aware of the problem.
Er...why would I tell you that you can't be mad? I have no control over whether or not you are mad. I'm just giving you my perspective on the subject, which you can either listen to or ignore.
I don't think all publicity is good publicity. I don't think making a bad article and then making an apology is enough. I don't think voicing in said apology that they can and will do better is enough. The fact that the article got made and got through the editorial process and into the computers of literal thousands of unsupecting viewers means there is something clearly wrong with the way the website edits their articles and the (I forgot the word, english is not my first lenguage, desint-something?) passing of this type of porn as something normal or even acceptable.
I didn't say all publicity was good publicity...so I'm not sure why you would even bring that up. Obviously this article makes them look bad, but I think Totilo articulated clearly how they messed up and understands why people were (understandably) upset with them over this. I agree with you that they have a duty to publish informative, respectful, and insightful articles and they failed to do that this time.
No, he directly brings that up in his reply to one of the commenters on the apology.
