Gizmodo bans own editor from commenting on site
Watch what you comment, journalists. Tech news site Gizmodo has banned one of their own editors from commenting on the site.
Jesus Diaz, an editor at Gizmodo, can no longer comment on the site’s stories, due to breaking a cardinal rule laid out in Gizmodo’s commenting policy: attacking other commenters.
In article about Google, written by another Gizmodo writer, a commenter called the post “sensationalist.” Then Diaz went overboard, writing: “It’s amazing how moronic people can be and how hard they can suck on corporate cock.”
Diaz didn’t stop there. He later commented: “Google fandroids like you are as bad as Apple fanboys like Gruber. All of you sucking on corporate cock and lying off your tits.”
Gizmodo’s editor-in-chief Joe Brown said about the decision to ban Diaz: “I hate to do this, but we have to hold ourselves to the same standards as we hold our readers; these lines have to exist for us as well.”
Brown added, “Sometimes his passions get the better of him, and that’s often what gets him in trouble.”
Diaz continues to be busy writing posts for Gizmodo. Since the banning announcement, Diaz has written five articles for the site.