{"id":6281,"date":"2016-10-31T19:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T19:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6281"},"modified":"2016-11-01T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:56:35","slug":"linked-how-things-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/31\/linked-how-things-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;How Things Work&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/how-things-work-1785604699\">via Gawker<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>But the readers don\u2019t have the power. It\u2019s difficult to recall now, but at Gawker\u2019s founding there was a sense that the internet was a free space, where anything can be said. An island off the mainland, where people could be themselves. Where writers could say things that would get you fired in an instant from a print publication. Where you could say what you thought without fear of being fired, or sued out of existence. But when you try to make a business out of that freedom, the system will fight you.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No matter what you, as a reader thought of Gawker, the way the site was destroyed and writers silenced is certainly one of the most damaging to free-speech and free-press in this decade. It\u2019s okay for journalists and media groups to have enemies. That comes with the territory but for those enemies to silence you forever, that\u2019s undemocratic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gawker: But the readers don\u2019t have the power. 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For example, if you paste an animated GIF into Notes\u2014which also shows it as a static image\u2014and then save that image to Photos, you\u2019ll actually end up with a motionless\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gawker has Too Many GIFs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1661\/25841800580_e4a8d26c5b_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1661\/25841800580_e4a8d26c5b_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1661\/25841800580_e4a8d26c5b_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7173,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/11\/04\/linked-can-the-library-of-congress-save-gawkers-website-from-extinction\/","url_meta":{"origin":6281,"position":5},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Can the Library of Congress Save Gawker\u2019s Website From Extinction?&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Slate: Together, these uncertainties and frustrations speak to why it\u2019s important to preserve sites like Gawker in their original condition. 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