[dtornabene]

sadly you're getting downvoted into gray, but I have a feeling you're wrong for a different reason, Thiel will be remembered for many deeply authoritarian things, one of which will be his assault on the journalism. Gawker was a flawed organization, but they were also doing a fair amount of journalism that no one else would, not the least of which was sexual harassment allegations against people like Louis C.K. that are only now seeing the light.

[phil21]

And then proceeded to sexually harass others via their platform.

They needed to go, and they were not a net positive to society.

The best quote on the topic (pretty sure I saved it from a HN comment) I've seen is:

> The sad take-away from Hogan v Gawker isn't that a millionaire can spend money on a whim to exert justice where he so desires, it's that you need that level of money to seek justice in the first place.

[dtornabene]

Not even sure what I'm supposed to say to "we need millionaires to take out journalists, the only way, really".

As for "sexually harass others via their platform" .... what does that even mean? Who? How, exactly? What a bizarre comment.