Gruber does use his platform to call out the mob. See: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23/kind-of-screwed http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23

Gruber does use his platform to call out the mob. See: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23/kind-of-screwed http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23/kind-of-screwed http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23/maisel-mansion http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/23/maisel-mansion The real story turned out to be more nuanced. Maisel apparently bought his "mansion" back when SoHO was a dump, and has not exactly outfitted it Donald Trump style. Calling someone a "dick" twice, and then linking to his house, on a forum like DF which gets so much traffic, some of it necessarily fools, is rude and irresponsible. It ended up this way: http://www.photolicensingoptions.com/ViewArticle.aspx?code=JHP2428 http://www.photolicensingoptions.com/ViewArticle.aspx?code=J... Some of this is plain old playground dynamics. You push around my friend, I call you a dick. Not fun to watch. Note: I'm not saying Gruber is 100% wrong or Maisel is 100% right. Just that subtlety is often missing from Gruber's approach.