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Doppelbangher Subreddit Lets Users Submit Porn Star Lookalikes for Women They Know

It’s no secret that Reddit, the link-sharing site that members tout as a bastion of free speech and creativity, also
By Jessica Roy

Violentacrez Admits Doing CNN Interview Was a ‘Huge Mistake’

Last night, the now-notorious Reddit troll Violentacrez, whom Gawker recently exposed as a 49-year-old Texas-based programmer named Michael Brutsch, appeared
By Jessica Roy

Violentacrez Admits He Did It All for ‘Meaningless Internet Points’ on Anderson Cooper 360

Michael Brutsch, the 49-year-old Texas resident whom Gawker outed last week as the man behind the racist and misogynistic Reddit troll account
By Jessica Roy

Reddit CEO in Memo Leaked to Gawker: ‘We are Not Going to Ban Distasteful Subreddits’

By Jessica Roy
(Screengrab: Predditors)

Predditors, the Controversial Blog Publishing Personal Info About Redditors Behind Creepshots, is Back up and Running

By Jessica Roy

Anatomy of a Hoax: How an Anonymous Blogger Tricked the Internet Into Believing He Was a Deaf Quadriplegic

By Jessica Roy
Misty, Instagram-filtered memories, of the way we were. (Photo: nycgov.tumblr.com)

Violentacrez Takes to Reddit to Solicit Sympathy, PayPal Donations

By Jessica Roy

Booting Up: Peter Thiel Wants YOU for the ’20 Under 20′

By Kelly Faircloth
Sick clock, bro. (flickr.com/doortoriver)

Reddit Readies for Brewing ‘Inter-Website War’; Major Subreddits Ban Links to Gawker Media

By Jessica Roy
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