Adrian Chen | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Adrian Chen at The Influencers in 2017 | |
| Born | November 23, 1984 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Blogger |
Adrian Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳力宇; simplified Chinese: 陈力宇; pinyin: Chén Lìyǔ;[1] born November 23, 1984) is an American blogger, and former staff writer at The New Yorker. Chen joined Gawker in November 2009 as a night shift editor, graduating from an internship position at Slate,[2] and has written extensively on Internet culture, especially virtual communities such as 4chan and Reddit. Chen is the creator of The Pamphlette, a "humor publication" for Reed College students on a piece of letter-size paper.[3] He has written for The New York Times,[4] New York magazine,[5] Wired,[6] and other publications.
In October 2012, Chen exposed the real name and details of Violentacrez (a moderator of several Reddit jailbait communities), a Texas Internet developer, who was subsequently fired from his job.[7][8] This led to all links to Gawker being temporarily banned from Reddit.[9] In September 2012, Chen acquiesced to demands from Anonymous and posted images of himself dressed in a tutu with a shoe perched on his head. The images had been demanded in exchange for interviews regarding an alleged leak of Apple iPhone and iPad user data from an FBI laptop.[10][11][12][13]
In 2016, he became a staff writer for The New Yorker.[14] He left the magazine in July 2018.[15]
- ^ Adrian Chen [@AdrianChen] (October 19, 2016). "My dad sent me my Chinese name for some reason. Extremely accurate" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Chen, Adrian (November 9, 2009). "Please Join Me in Welcoming Myself". Gawker. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- ^ "The Pamphlette, Vol. 1, Issue 1" (PDF). Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ Chen, Adrian (November 27, 2013). "Much Ado About Bitcoin". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Chen, Adrian (January 25, 2014). "Romanian Hacker Guccifer Skewered and Glorified The Power Elite". New York Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Chen, Adrian (April 16, 2013). "Goatse and the Rise of the Web's Gross Out Culture". Wired Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Hess, Amanda (October 15, 2012). "Gawker Outed Reddit's Most Notorious Troll. Why Isn't Law Enforcement Doing the Same?". Slate. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ Chen, Adrian (October 12, 2012). "Unmasking Reddit's Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web". Gawker. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Oremuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Chen, Adrian (September 4, 2012). "Anonymous Demands to See Gawker Writer in Ballet Tutu For More Information on Massive FBI Hack". Gawker Media. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ Douglas, Nick (September 5, 2012). "Adrian Chen Will Play Your Internet Game, You Rogue". Slacktory. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ Lennard, Natasha (September 4, 2012). "Hackers release Apple data". Salon. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ Cooper, Charles (September 4, 2012). "Gawker writer dons pink tutu in response to Anonymous demand". CNet. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ "Adrian Chen". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
- ^ Adrian Chen [@AdrianChen] (July 2, 2018). "This is also my last piece as a staff writer at the New Yorker. Sad to leave so many brilliant colleagues, but I'm very excited for my next project: I'm working on a book about gamers, based partly on this article, to be published at some point before End Times by Random House" (Tweet) – via Twitter.