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>The problem is that what Gawker did to Thiel, while not nice, was legal. And then what Thiel did to Gawker, while not nice, was legal. If you're going to bui
by kcatskcolbdi 4y ago
>The problem is that what Gawker did to Thiel, while not nice, was legal.
And then what Thiel did to Gawker, while not nice, was legal.
If you're going to build a company on the idea of skirting legality in order to ruin people's lives, don't be upset when someone does the same thing to your company.
- KennyBlanken 4y ago> If you're going to build a company on the idea of skirting legality in order to ruin people's lives, don't be upset when someone does the same thing to your company. It took me a second to realize you were not talking about palantir. Or ebay. Thiel getting angry about a story around his sexuality (it wasn't "outing" him, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32265067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32265067) is pretty fucking hilarious coming from the guy who founded what amounts to a corporate-run NSA.
- filoleg 4y agoI think you are forgetting a significant part of that story, which is that Gawker published it around the time of Thiel's business trip to Saudi Arabia. Given the general attitude in that country towards homosexuality and that it is straight up a crime in SA, not only Gawker was essentially sabotaging his business deal, they were opening him up to physical danger and criminal prosecution.