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by monksy 3603 days ago
ViolentAcres. He went after a guy who was a moderator on an unpopular, but legal subreddit. (Distasteful, I'll agree with you) The person who was the moderator, from my understanding did not contribute to the sub. He turned a very private individual into a very public individual and caused many bad things for the person.

Even worse, he made sure to punish and taunt the individual. As a result the individual had a lot of rather stressful life events, was humiliated on CNN, etc. For all of this: Adrian Chen claimed a moral victory.

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From my understanding, this was SOP at Gawker, and that is what lead them to have some very powerful enemies.