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).
> 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?
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).