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user-inactivated  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Coca Cola uses automated software on recent marketing campaign. End up quoting Hitler...

We can start with Nick Denton saying that you and I should have our privacy invaded.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/gawkers-nick-denton-explains-why-526548

We can continue with the leaking of all the firearm owners in NYC, including domestic violence victims hiding from their abusers.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-09/gawker-posts-list-of-new-york-gun-owners

Gawker profits off of creating drama, and it does not matter who the target is. Think of 4chan, but with real power and reach. They do it for the "lulz."