1 1 , ▁faced ▁with ▁decl ining ▁traffic , ▁G aw ker ▁sites ▁allowed ▁for ▁visitors ▁to ▁choose ▁between ▁the ▁new ▁design ▁and ▁the ▁old ▁design ▁for ▁view ing ▁the ▁sites . ▁S org atz ▁was ▁eventually ▁determined ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁bet , ▁as ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁September , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁G aw ker ▁had ▁only ▁ 5 0 0 ▁million ▁month ly ▁views , ▁not ▁the ▁ 5 1 0 ▁million ▁it ▁had ▁had ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁red es ign . ▁However , ▁on ▁ 5 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁site ▁traffic ▁returned ▁to ▁its ▁pre - red es ign ▁numbers , ▁and ▁as ▁of ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁site ▁traffic ▁had ▁increased ▁by ▁ 1 0 ▁million ▁over ▁the ▁previous ▁year , ▁according ▁to ▁Quant cast . ▁As ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁comment ing ▁on ▁any ▁G aw ker ▁site ▁required ▁signing ▁in ▁with ▁a ▁Twitter , ▁Facebook , ▁or ▁Google ▁account . ▁ ▁Le aked ▁Qu entin ▁Tar ant ino ▁script ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Qu entin ▁Tar ant ino ▁file d ▁a ▁copy right ▁law suit ▁against ▁G aw ker ▁Media ▁for ▁distribution ▁of ▁his ▁ 1 4 6 - page ▁script ▁for ▁The ▁H ateful ▁E ight . ▁He ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁given ▁the ▁script ▁to ▁six ▁trust ed ▁colle agues , ▁including ▁Bruce ▁D ern , ▁Tim ▁Roth , ▁and ▁Michael