Kotaku reports that after a year of promising, they’ve finally developed a method of invitational commentation. From what I gather, this invitational system is like Gmail in that they invite you, and in turn you invite your friends. So whom is Kotaku inviting? Tipsters, bloggers, and anyone working inside a major developing or publishing company. It seems as if Kotaku is only inviting those whom they deem worthy–the avant-guarde of multimedia.

So what does this mean for the average joe reader? Tough luck, unless you have a friend in the business. Having an elitist system like this where one must convince Kotaku of one’s own credentials smells not only of arrogance, but also of pure-bred disdain. Kotaku doesn’t care about its mainstream audience, or at least not enough to guarantee them a voice without the painstaking process of acquiring an invitation.

On one hand, I can see the benefits of such a system, namely, the people they invite are much less likely to spam them or post “excessively self-promotional, obnoxious, or even worse, boring” material. But this system seems difficult to become a part of, and it destroys the concept of honest feedback. By creating a system of rules prohibiting vague terms such as “boring” or “obnoxious” material, it’s almost an argumentum ad baculum to those fortunate enough to get an invite, with the ultimate mandate: entertain Kotaku, or else.

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3 Responses to “Kotaku doesn’t care about you”

1. Ed David says:

   October 23, 2005 at 12:48 am

   whine whine whine whine whine! i like exclusive websites. Makes me feel so phisticated.

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2. ADULT says:

   May 12, 2006 at 12:02 am

   God save the *** Pistols One means it, subjects We love our boys God bless

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3. You're A Moron says:

   February 23, 2007 at 3:17 pm

   This is by far the dumbest shameless plug I’ve ever seen

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