![gawker down gawker down](https://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/lg/public/2015/12/31/image-481915002.jpg)
Why would anyone care if he wants to hire an escort?" wrote reader Mike Johnson of Los Angeles on Gawker's Facebook page. "This guy is not an antigay politician whose hypocrisy needs to be outed. Readers pointed out that publicizing Geithner's possible sexual orientation did nothing for the public good: he's not a public official or political candidate who has advocated against gay rights, for instance. I would not have chosen to run it as is." Gawker senior writer Adam Weinstein tweeted: "I had no part in this. Re/Code co-executive editor Kara Swisher tweeted: "An appalling act of gay shaming disguised as a story - thought we were way past this crap." Journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted: "I'm a fan of Gawker & several of its journalists, but that article is reprehensible beyond belief: it's deranged to publish that." Some critics shared it via archive.is so that people interested in the issue didn't need to send traffic to Gawker.
![gawker down gawker down](https://images.tech.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Gawker_Media_Logo.png)
The story itself had been intermittently unavailable on the site late Thursday and early Friday.
#Gawker down torrent
The escort's story, told to Gawker writer Jordan Sargent after the escort was rebuffed, drew a torrent of criticism on Gawker's Facebook page and Twitter. Gawker now has an "influence and audience that demands greater editorial restraint," he wrote.