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It all came down to Reddit members and mods protecting a friend and influential person of the Reddit community. It even spilled over to HN where every Gawker a

by watty 14y ago

It all came down to Reddit members and mods protecting a friend and influential person of the Reddit community. It even spilled over to HN where every Gawker article was flagged heavily due to HN affiliation... I'm surprised this one is on the front page.

Permit 14y ago
I can't believe Gawker is still seen as the "Good Guy" by a lot of people on HN. The hypocrisy of Adrian Chen complaining about /r/CreepShots is astounding. For reference: http://www.gawker.com/upskirt http://www.gawker.com/upskirt
- raldi 14y ago
  And let's not forget Gawker Stalker.
- beedogs 14y ago
  I find both things shitty. I reckon most people feel the way I do about Gawker.
- yen223 14y ago
  The real hypocrisy is Reddit trying to promote free speech by censoring Gawker's websites.
  - Permit 14y ago
    Reddit isn't censoring Gawker websites... They're no longer even censoring the article Adrian wrote.
- watty 14y ago
  I do not like all of Gawker and I similarly don't like all of Reddit (/r/jailbait and hundreds more). The article about Violentacrez was a legitimate and well written piece of investigative journalism. I know this because I actually read the whole thing and there have been hundreds of real news agencies and reporters using it. As to whether this Adrian Chen guy is a hypocrite or not, I don't care. Gawker is a horribly trollish site, with occasionally good content. We know this. All I'm saying is that Reddit has not always been this way. Reddit has _always_ been against censorship (remember the Sony PS3 root key fiasco?). Btw, I went to the Gawker link and it's full of Lindsay Lohan pics and news stories about people similar to Violentacrez (without pics).
  - mistercow 14y ago
    > I similarly don't like all of Reddit (/r/jailbait and hundreds more) Are you saying that you don't like reddit because it had a subreddit that doesn't even exist anymore, or are you saying that you don't like that reddit took a 180 on their "no censorship, period" policy once the media started turning up the heat?

by watty 14y ago

Permit 14y ago

I can't believe Gawker is still seen as the "Good Guy" by a lot of people on HN. The hypocrisy of Adrian Chen complaining about /r/CreepShots is astounding. For reference: http://www.gawker.com/upskirt http://www.gawker.com/upskirt

raldi 14y ago
And let's not forget Gawker Stalker.
beedogs 14y ago
I find both things shitty. I reckon most people feel the way I do about Gawker.
yen223 14y ago
The real hypocrisy is Reddit trying to promote free speech by censoring Gawker's websites.
- Permit 14y ago
  Reddit isn't censoring Gawker websites... They're no longer even censoring the article Adrian wrote.
watty 14y ago
I do not like all of Gawker and I similarly don't like all of Reddit (/r/jailbait and hundreds more). The article about Violentacrez was a legitimate and well written piece of investigative journalism. I know this because I actually read the whole thing and there have been hundreds of real news agencies and reporters using it. As to whether this Adrian Chen guy is a hypocrite or not, I don't care. Gawker is a horribly trollish site, with occasionally good content. We know this. All I'm saying is that Reddit has not always been this way. Reddit has _always_ been against censorship (remember the Sony PS3 root key fiasco?). Btw, I went to the Gawker link and it's full of Lindsay Lohan pics and news stories about people similar to Violentacrez (without pics).
- mistercow 14y ago
  > I similarly don't like all of Reddit (/r/jailbait and hundreds more) Are you saying that you don't like reddit because it had a subreddit that doesn't even exist anymore, or are you saying that you don't like that reddit took a 180 on their "no censorship, period" policy once the media started turning up the heat?