# Cracked lets everyone (almost) you know go. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611 "2017-12-05T06:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/1 "2017-12-05T06:27:28Z")
Swaim quit in October. Soren left a little bit back to write for American Dad. Jack O’Brien quit a little while back. But today they let go Dan O Brien, John Cheese, Ian Fortey, Cody, Reimann, Sargent and others. RIP Cracked. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/2 "2017-12-05T06:35:59Z")
It was pretty obvious considering lately they’ve been focusing more on infograph articles contributed by readers and so many new rticles are simply republishing of old articles just with the title changed. I blame AuntieMeme for being the beginning of the end, when entire articles would just be her regurgitating old Cracked articles except in a single pic instead of a written list. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/3 "2017-12-05T07:03:26Z")
Yeah, Cracked has been for shit for a while. Mainly fake Photoplasties, Cracked Store ads masquerading as articles (I’ve seen where they stopped even including the “Cracked Store” by-line), recycled articles and short “Let’s talk about some event of the day” bits. AuntieMeme is/was the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/4 "2017-12-05T07:14:12Z")
Is Seanbaby still there at least? If not, then yes, RIP Cracked. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/5 "2017-12-05T07:24:04Z")
Kristi Harrison is still around. Man I am not looking forward to the future there. Maybe just articles after articles on the _Daily Mail_. They hate those guys and the insults they inflict are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/6 "2017-12-05T07:24:08Z")
American Dad? Didn’t that sitcom get canceled years ago? Or are we talking about something else? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/7 "2017-12-05T07:27:23Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > American Dad? Didn’t that sitcom get canceled years ago? Or are we talking about something else? Nope. Still around. As for Seanbaby, pretty sure he’s freelance. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/8 "2017-12-05T08:22:51Z")
I didn’t even know that Swaim and Soren had left. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![MedellinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MedellinMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MedellinMike)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/9 "2017-12-05T11:40:24Z")
That was some lousy news to hear last night. And yeah, the overall quality on the site has fallen over the years, but there was still the occasional gem. But what I’ll really miss is the video content that mostly featured these guys: After Hours, DOB’s Obsessive Pop Culture bit and a couple of others. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/10 "2017-12-05T13:05:32Z")
Can you give us a link to the announcement that those people left? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/11 "2017-12-05T13:47:27Z")
Perhaps a new group of writers will bring fresh ideas to their articles? Cracked has been pretty stale for awhile. It may have been time to shake things up. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/12 "2017-12-05T13:50:53Z")
Not John Cheese! ☹ I really enjoyed his articles. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/13 "2017-12-05T14:03:53Z")
This is as close as I can get to an announcement that all those people were left go: > **[Daniel O'Brien (comedian)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Brien_(comedian))** > > Daniel O'Brien (born January 6, 1986), also known as "DOB", is an American humorist, author, writer, comedian and songwriter; formerly for Cracked.com. Since August 2018, O'Brien has worked as a staff writer on the HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 he was part of the writing team that won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing on a Variety Series. > Daniel grew up in Hazlet, New Jersey, where he attended Raritan High School. He later attended Rutgers Un... In his Wikipedia entry, a tweet by O’Brian is quoted saying that he no longer works for [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com). I can’t get to the tweet itself. Again, is there any official announcement that all those people were let go? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/14 "2017-12-05T14:04:26Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Can you give us a link to the announcement that those people left? According to Wikipedia, it was announced on the Pointless Waste of Time forums but without a link: > [@](#): > > On December 4, 2017, David Wong announced on the PWOT forums that [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) had parted ways with Daniel O’Brien, Cody Johnston, Michael Swaim (the only one to quit voluntarily), John Cheese, Josh Sargent, and multiple other major figures on the site, but that the ‘core editors’ would remain. [http://forums.cracked.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=184226&p=3032134#p3032134](http://forums.cracked.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=184226&p=3032134#p3032134) [https://twitter.com/IanFortey/status/937820577804554243](https://twitter.com/IanFortey/status/937820577804554243) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/15 "2017-12-05T14:06:54Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > In his Wikipedia entry, a tweet by O’Brian is quoted saying that he no longer works for [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com). I can’t get to the tweet itself. Again, is there any official announcement that all those people were let go? Here’s the tweet by O’Brien: [https://twitter.com/DOB\_INC/status/937870512679665665](https://twitter.com/DOB_INC/status/937870512679665665) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/16 "2017-12-05T14:06:57Z")
Here’s an announcement by Soren Bowie that he’s left [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) for _American Dad_: > **[Soren Bowie: Your Eighth Grade Boyfriend](https://sorenbowie.tumblr.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/17 "2017-12-05T14:09:46Z")
David Wong’s post seems to be as close as I could find to an official announcement by Cracked itself (since he’s still with Cracked). But he acknowledges that a lot of mainstay staff is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/18 "2017-12-05T14:10:57Z")
My post with the URL fixed: This is as close as I can get to an announcement that all those people were left go: > **[Daniel O'Brien (comedian)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Brien_(comedian))** > > Daniel O'Brien (born January 6, 1986), also known as "DOB", is an American humorist, author, writer, comedian and songwriter; formerly for Cracked.com. Since August 2018, O'Brien has worked as a staff writer on the HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 he was part of the writing team that won four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing on a Variety Series. > Daniel grew up in Hazlet, New Jersey, where he attended Raritan High School. He later attended Rutgers Un... In his Wikipedia entry, a tweet by O’Brian is quoted saying that he no longer works for [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com). I can’t get to the tweet itself. Again, is there any official announcement that all those people were let go? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/19 "2017-12-05T14:13:11Z")
O’Brian’s tweet was linked above. I linked to Wong’s post confirming the departure of a number of people. Places don’t usually offer an official statement “We canned the following people”. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611/20 "2017-12-05T14:14:15Z")
So there have been several small announcements but no big overall announcement of what’s going on. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracked-lets-everyone-almost-you-know-go/803611.md?page=2)