>Thiel has proved that he can hold a grudge. After Gawker outed him, [...]

That might be true, but it's a stretch to go from this to "Thiel had a grudge for this specific streamer and was responsible for him getting banned". For one, Gawker has orders of magnitude more visibility than this guy.

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overfeed a day ago | parent [-]

> For one, Gawker has orders of magnitude more visibility than this guy.

Which suggests Thiel doesn't care about the Streisand effect.

	▲	rightbyte a day ago \| parent [-]
		Oh he does. But he uses the Streisand effect to his benefit to sell his product. Maybe you could argue it is not the Streisand effect if you want exposure by quenching stuff, though?