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> On HN and silicon valley Stripe and Patrick are a PR machine. That's why we still need a thing like Gawker to come back. Almost all of SV hated on Thiel for
by paganel 5y ago
> On HN and silicon valley Stripe and Patrick are a PR machine.
That's why we still need a thing like Gawker to come back. Almost all of SV hated on Thiel for standing behind Trump but when it came to him bringing down Gawker nobody left a finger in Gawker's defense, and so that here we are, a multi-trillion dollar industry with no internal means to self-regulate ourselves.
- pshc 5y agoGawker did come back FWIW. Not that I've heard a peep from them since they re-launched.
- paganel 5y agoBig TIL for me, to be honest. > Not that I've heard a peep from them since they re-launched. That explains why I thought they were gone for good.
- vineyardmike 5y agoSpecifically ValleyWag, Gawker is the conglomerate that owned it: http://valleywag.gawker.com/r-i-p-valleywag-2006-2015-1750419908 http://valleywag.gawker.com/r-i-p-valleywag-2006-2015-175041...
- nomdep 5y agoGawker were scum. The worst of the worst in “journalism”. Their whole business model was based on creating outrage and division. They don’t deserve an inch of sympathy. I do miss Mike Arrington's Techcrunch, though
- rchaud 5y agoI'll stick to NYT and WSJ breaking real stories, thanks. Gawker's issues were entirely of their own making. What was their big scoop? That Thiel was gay? At least Gizmodo did some coverage on a pre-release iPhone 4 before being exiled.