One of my favorite websites is going dark today, after having been sued into oblivion and put out to pasture. Many think that Gawker is getting what has long been coming to them, but the actual machinations of what occurred seems to be complete bullshit and cast quite a bit of doubt on this being Gawker’s “just desserts.”
Frankly, I’m just going to miss there being a website where all sorts of DGAF happen, calling out shit when shit needs to be called out. Also, plenty of funny pieces of writing were there, as were some really dumb and stupid stories. But it almost always could be counted on as a great way to find out what was going on in the world. The commenting section of the site was always an endless rabbit hole of conversation too, although for me, I’ve never felt comfortable throwing my 2 cents into the wind outside of this here website. When you would read some of the fabulously witty things written in the comments, that would be reason enough for me to bow back into the shadows.
The other sites in the Gawker Media empire will remain, including Kotaku (for which I am very grateful as that is the best video games site), but there’s going to be a big glaring hole in the webspace where previously a great bit of snark and fanfare used to be. 🙁