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I was a regular Gawker reader for a while, their salacious stories are hard to resist. Eventually I realized they were crossing lines, both in their aggressive

I was a regular Gawker reader for a while, their salacious stories are hard to resist. Eventually I realized they were crossing lines, both in their aggressive attacks toward individuals who didn't really deserve it and their general preference for sexy headlines and clicks over actual stories and reporting. If this really does bring down Gawker I will consider Hulk Hogan one of the great heroes of our generation. Hopefully it will cause other "news" outlets to step a little more carefully in regards to casually ruining someone's life.

erelde 11y ago
io9 had a really good selection of writers and topics. I could go there to get good recommendations for books, SF, fantasy, fiction in general. It has really changed in the last year or so, and even more since its fusion with gizmodo.
waylandsmithers 11y ago
They definitely benefitted from usually being first in "race to the bottom" journalism.
JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Really? The guy that spends half the time on tape making racist remarks? I don't know, 'hero' isn't the first word that crosses my mind.
- windowsworkstoo 11y ago
  Hulkamania is running wild, Brother! Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania destroys you?
  - alexandre_m 11y ago
    Watcha gonna do when Hulk Hogan runs wild on your wife, Brother! Distribute the sex tape then make you earn 115 millions.
- TillE 11y ago
  Name any widely revered person; basically every one of them has serious flaws. Besides, you can honor an act without endorsing the entirety of the person. Lovecraft was an amazing writer and also a frothing racist.
  - moomin 11y ago
    He was an amazing writer, but unlike Hulk Hogan, his racism seeps into his art. :(
  - dalke 11y ago
    Mr. Fred Rogers.
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  - pessimizer 11y ago
    Specifically: the heroism of Hogan sleeping with his best friend's wife while being secretly videotaped by his best friend, then suing the company that published excerpts from the video and winning in court - admiration for that should overwhelm his casual racism? I think saying that he's a hero for hopefully taking down Gawker was meant as hyperbole, because Gawker is awful. Hogan was simply acting in his own interest at all times.
- ams6110 11y ago
  Half the people I know make racist or sexist remarks when they believe they are in a private setting. That doesn't mean they are going to do it in public or would take it any further than those private utterances.
peckrob 11y ago
Yup. After Jalopnik pushed photos of ISIS burning someone alive into my RSS feed with no content warning, I was done and removed every Gawker property I followed. One, it had nothing to do with cars, and two, at least give me some warning before seeing something like that. Then they outed Conde Nast's CFO, which was a pretty terrible thing to do all around. Frankly, I've found much of their content to be really inferior quality compared to other sites that are less interested in being first to post. At least the sites I followed I was able to replace with better, less sensational sources.

erelde 11y ago

io9 had a really good selection of writers and topics. I could go there to get good recommendations for books, SF, fantasy, fiction in general. It has really changed in the last year or so, and even more since its fusion with gizmodo.

waylandsmithers 11y ago

They definitely benefitted from usually being first in "race to the bottom" journalism.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago

Really? The guy that spends half the time on tape making racist remarks? I don't know, 'hero' isn't the first word that crosses my mind.

windowsworkstoo 11y ago
Hulkamania is running wild, Brother! Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania destroys you?
- alexandre_m 11y ago
  Watcha gonna do when Hulk Hogan runs wild on your wife, Brother! Distribute the sex tape then make you earn 115 millions.
TillE 11y ago
Name any widely revered person; basically every one of them has serious flaws. Besides, you can honor an act without endorsing the entirety of the person. Lovecraft was an amazing writer and also a frothing racist.
- moomin 11y ago
  He was an amazing writer, but unlike Hulk Hogan, his racism seeps into his art. :(
- dalke 11y ago
  Mr. Fred Rogers.
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
- pessimizer 11y ago
  Specifically: the heroism of Hogan sleeping with his best friend's wife while being secretly videotaped by his best friend, then suing the company that published excerpts from the video and winning in court - admiration for that should overwhelm his casual racism? I think saying that he's a hero for hopefully taking down Gawker was meant as hyperbole, because Gawker is awful. Hogan was simply acting in his own interest at all times.
ams6110 11y ago
Half the people I know make racist or sexist remarks when they believe they are in a private setting. That doesn't mean they are going to do it in public or would take it any further than those private utterances.

peckrob 11y ago

Yup. After Jalopnik pushed photos of ISIS burning someone alive into my RSS feed with no content warning, I was done and removed every Gawker property I followed. One, it had nothing to do with cars, and two, at least give me some warning before seeing something like that. Then they outed Conde Nast's CFO, which was a pretty terrible thing to do all around. Frankly, I've found much of their content to be really inferior quality compared to other sites that are less interested in being first to post. At least the sites I followed I was able to replace with better, less sensational sources.