I’m not the first to point it out, but I’ll say here that the demise of Splinter, Deadspin, and Gawker before them, serve as yet more examples of a modern truism: given that the powerful now always have vastly more monetary wealth than they could ever need to buy any comfort or security they could ever want, they…

I noticed the Deadspin logo on Last Week Tonight a week or two ago, which caught me off guard, then made perfect sense. I can imagine there being a significant crossover between the two.

And New Yorker, and New York Times, and WaPo...  I guess they really were watching after all - in secret.

Dear new owners. You are very stupid assholes.

Spliter’s absence is our loss, and it is one of pure waste and foolishness in the coming days. The stories in the mainstream media since the shuttering have been begging for hot takes, inside info, more questions than answers, and bright spotlights on aspects not enough people dare to point to, all of these were areas…

Gawker left us precisely when it was needed the most. Splinter is leaving us precisely when we need it the most.

I never commented on Splinter, and yet I came there daily. As a French citizen who never set foot in the US, I didn’t feel like my opinion was relevant, and it covered things that had little impact on my life from an objective standpoint. Nevertheless, this website was a godsend. It was an endless source of…

From up here, comfortably north of the 49th parallel in Canada, Splinter was a fucking godsend. It was raw, emotive, well-researched, preachy, vitriolic, and loud. It was the mirror on America that America needs. It showed Americans how most of the rest of the world view America.

In case anyone forgot, and since they will probably delete everything here anyways, I would just like to say one thing.

Fuck Jim Spanfeller, herb extraordinaire. Fuck Paul Maidment, a worthless, feckless shitpile of a “boss.” Fuck Great Hill Partners, the embodiment of “too many dollars and zero sense.”

Splinter can be shut down, but what we’ve accomplished can’t be undone. The proof is in the work and who noticed it and who it made mad. It was all worth it.

A damned shame that Splinter suffered Death by Herb, but I’m not shocked. To this day I still blame Peter Thiel for kicking off what’s been a slow death of a fantastic source of unabashed liberal reporting and commentary on the interwebs.

I most definitely think its what you said as well. Rich guys who shouldn’t be rich gutting properties to make a quick buck but doing so in a manor that kills them slowly. But I do most definitely think there is a Republican element to it. The elephant in the room (no pun intended) that a lot of people either aren’t…

To all of you, so much thanks and so much respect for all you did.  What was done was an injustice.   Let us hope it is remembered for what it gave to all of us while it was here. 

Eh, The Root was always going to have dedicated trolls. It’s almost like they have to subsidize that which they hate, because they’re fucking morons.

It’s a damn shame.

I hope Spanfeller and co. come to regret this, but something tells me they wont. Between Splinter and Deadspin, these sites wont last much longer because we all see what they are doing: shutting down liberal mouth pieces that don’t talk about their glorious leader in the way he should be talked about. Splinter was my…

It’s unfortunate that Splinter has ceased. This means the trolls that mucked up Splinter have bled across other platforms (Jezebel, The Root) and it’s definitely hurt the quality of the conversations that can be had in the comments.

What I’ve learned from Splinter is to take a break from politics and try and be more…

Thank you for consistently screaming what the mainstream media wouldn’t dare to even whisper. Actually calling lies lies. Saying outright that these old republican fucks are ghouls. Calling bullshit on any and all both-siderism.

As Caitlin said, this site was the sanest place online, precisely because it spoke the…