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Think Secret Shuts Down in Wake of Apple Settlement

December 20, 2007

Think Secret Shuts Down in Wake of Apple Settlement. Seems like as good a time as any to admit this: around 2000, when I, shameful though it is to admit, read Think Secret, I sent in a false rumor, later published on the site as a “feature article.” Thus, naturally, I really enjoyed this article:

“It’s really a shame that Apple even decided to pursue this vendetta, and the fact that it ends with Think Secret being shut down completely is a travesty.”

Dear God, there’s also this:

One thing is certain: Nick Ciarelli is to online journalism what Lebron James to the NBA. He’s already changed the game — and he’s barely started playing.

And this:

Of course Apple is fascist scum for shutting down Think Secret.