#GamerGate: Destructoid, Corruption And Ruined CareersTL;DR
- Allistair Pinsof is writing article about someone scamming IndieGogo for sex reassignment surgery
- Meanwhile she attempts suicide live on Twitch, author feels conflicted
- Normally helpful staff offer no help for him but give him the greenlight on no possible ethics issues
- Article drops; call for his head, send him death threats, threaten to boycott Indiegogo/Twitch
- Backlash causes Niero to have a change of heart, reprimands him for the article, no Twitter
- guy complains on Twitter
- Niero asks GJP what to do (GameJournoPros, see the my previous posts about it)
- People say fire him
- Allistair catches word of this, offers to resign if he can get a letter of rec
- Niero says he's suspended, refuses his resignation
- They try to work it out but Niero gives up
- Allistair says that firing him would be worse for both parties; he doesn't get letter of rec, employer open to wrongful termination lawsuit (theoretically)
- Allistair attempts to warn other Dtoid employees (notably Jim Sterling)
- Allistair's aunt, a mediator, steps in to help
- Niero acts like an a****** to her, fires Allistair, "see you in court"
- Niero and GJP blacklist Allistair, threatens to delete all his work and put 展ORST EMPLOYEE EVER DO NOT HIRE! on his byline if he speaks out
- Allistair finds out another former Dtoid writer Holly Green got her work deleted after being fired after allegations of sexual misconduct
