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> It’s too bad the legal system is so intimidating to people because more people doing this might one day wake companies up a little. That was Peter Thiel's co
by monksy 8y ago
> It’s too bad the legal system is so intimidating to people because more people doing this might one day wake companies up a little.
That was Peter Thiel's conclusion after the Gawker ordeal. The reason why Gawker did what it did was that it was very difficult to succeed at suing them, and to survive while doing so. (Gawker would put the person suing them on an attack)
- CPLX 8y agoThat scenario is literally the exact opposite scenario described here, where an incredibly wealthy and powerful business titan successfully intimidated and destroyed a much smaller and more poorly funded source of journalism because he felt like it. That, conceptually, is exactly the opposite of using small claims court to get justice from a giant faceless corporation. People like Peter Thiel have literally never been intimidated by the legal system. They have the resources to exploit and manipulate the legal system, and then lobby to get the laws changed if it doesn't work out for them the regular way.
- monksy 8y ago> funded source of journalism because he felt like it. "motivated to sue Gawker after they published a 2007 article publicly outing him, headlined "Peter Thiel is totally gay, people". Thiel stated that Gawker articles about others, including his friends, had "ruined people's lives for no reason," " They publically outed him. They've gone after people who had tried to sue them before. Read the book Conspiracy. (0783118457)