Not Kotaku and not about the redesign, but we don't have a 'Fucking Gawker' thread.
I'm the first one to stick up for Gawker usually, and I'm probably the biggest fan among the TAY folk.
This, however, is troubling.
http://gawker.com/#!5753570/anonymous-hackers-pay-back-fbi-snitch-with-50000-leaked-emails
Adrian writes:
"This is a typical mode of attack for Anonymous when they're up against an individual or lightly-defended target: Dig up confidential information through hacking or social engineering, then dump it on the Internet as a "fuck you." They did it to a bullying copyright lawyer in England, leaking a database of 5,000 porn pirates he intended to sue. And, yes, they did it to Gawker. No wonder they like Wikileaks."
It was not Anonymous that attacked Gawker, but a separate entity/hacker, Gnosis. Gawker, and Adrian should know this of all people.
If it's a typo, okay, that's fine, but if it's deliberate, that's libel, and I'd like to expect more of Gawker.
Hopefully they correct this, but I don't know how often Gawker corrects themselves...
EDIT
Okay, and related to the new design, comments are acting funky.
My comments are disappearing and reappearing in response to comments on that article, where I mention that part is incorrect. Thought they were deleted at first, but I think it's just technical hiccups.