2020 gets all the hate now, but can we be so certain that the coming year will be meaningfully different?Ģ020 was also a time of change for Wikipedia, though these shifts occurred almost entirely below the surface: unless you’re an active participant in the Wikimedia movement, much of this list will come as news to you. To date, COVID-19 has killed nearly two million people worldwide, reshaped the global economy, galvanized worldwide protests, and impacted politics, business and culture for years to come-including in ways we can’t yet see. Since March, ubiquitous semi-ironic references to the “Before Times” have served to euphemize the unfathomable. They tried to raise a kickstarter to buy back the domain but failed to reach their goal: only $89,844 of the total $500,000 required were received.It’s no overstatement to say that 2020 was a year where everything changed. Outing an accountant for lulz and page views.Having their writers being called shit by Pulitzer-Prize winning authors.Writing a story based on a testimony of a guy who slept with right-wing candidate Christine O'Donnell and talking about how she has a hairy pussy. Getting banned from "Hacker News" for being filled with, well what do you expect?.Falsely reported that a drunk employee caused a major power outage by relying on the gossip of an unidentified source. Twice misreported the identity of the author of the Fake Steve Jobs blog.Getting a porn site run by Gawker blacklisted in Australia.Kicking out the black editor of Jezebel to replace her with a white one.Published an article that Cory Gardner, the Republican who ran for senate in Colorado, had faked his high school football career. Cory Gardner tweeted photographic evidence of himself in his football uniform.Gawker found no evidence that the girlfriend had ever existed, much less died. Reported the death of the girlfriend of linebacker Manti Te'o, which was apparently a hoax.Buying votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame election in 2013.Calling God of War creator David Jaffe a boarderline rapist because of an off-hand comment he made.Saying Brad Wardell is guilty of rape before he even went to court (turns out he wasn't).When Max Temkin, creator of "Cards Against Humanity", was accused of rape, Kotaku was quick to point out that he should not be denying the allegations even if they are false.Various writers giving money to or getting money from people they report on.Got banned from all Apple events after buying the (then) unreleased iPhone 4 from some guy who found it in a bar.Sending a reporter to an electronics trade show to yell, interrupt them and play with the screen with his remote control.Bribing mods on reddit and getting all Gawker links banned (a second time).Leaked some shirtless pics of a congressman that he sent to someone on Craigslist.When Wikileaks went down, Gawker blamed the wrong host for it, getting them a bunch of angry calls about a site they didn't own.Posted video of actor Eric Dane and his wife, naked with a woman who is a former Miss Teen USA and beauty queen.Posting naked videos taken through a peephole of journalist Erin Andrews.Posting screencaps of the Palin email leaks, again, with no regard for the law.Reposting the Tom Cruise Scientology video with no regard for the law.They were involved in several unethical or illegal activities:.
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