>the internet as a whole bemoaned the shut down of Gawker by Thiel Really? It's my recollection that most of the communities I'm involved in applauded and reli

>the internet as a whole bemoaned the shut down of Gawker by Thiel Really? It's my recollection that most of the communities I'm involved in applauded and relished in the shutdown of Gawker. I do believe there were some tangential worries that meandered around the forest of "freedom of speech"/"-of the press" but as the dust settled I think all parties realized those worries were, as a consensus, ill-informed.