Grant told me that it was difficult to get people to submit gossip to Valleywag because tech workers didn’t want to be disloyal. The Valley is so dependent on networking and flexible labor, and on building and maintaining the relationships that support these practices, that burning bridges is unthinkable. Grant said: “It’s harder to get that kind of … editorial assistance, sniping, backroom gossip that Gawker gets, because in the Valley, even the lowliest worker thinks that someday they might be a founder … But as much as we value outspokenness and transparency, there’s a lot more self-censorship and a lot more self-restraint going on here.”

Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, loc. 364