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Internet WAR.
Brolo
BroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
BroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
So some kind of retarded shit is going on:
Two web properties I don't really like that much are about to get into a sissy slap fight with enough firepower to make you roll your eyes in embarrassment.
http://betabeat.com/2012/10/reddit-readies-for-brewing-inter-website-war-bans-links-to-gawker-media/
This all stems from a sub reddit of creeps who take creepy photos of women and post them online (without their consent). This quite rightly alarmed some people and pissed other people off.
So a tumblr user started a tumblog called Predditors, which searched out the identities of the dudes posting creepy photos, and posted those details online.
Gawker then posted a story about it.
Which caused one creepshots poster to get fired.
Shortly thereafter the Predditors blog was taken down by Tumblr, then put back up, then taken down again but then put back up with password protection. Tumblr is predictably going crazy.
Gawker has since made moves to publish personal information on Reddit admins, which has caused Reddit to auto-ban links to Gawker Media sites.
The doomsday clock ticks closer to armageddon.
So anyway let's have a long and drama filled discussion about internet privacy and online social vigilante justice.
Two web properties I don't really like that much are about to get into a sissy slap fight with enough firepower to make you roll your eyes in embarrassment.
http://betabeat.com/2012/10/reddit-readies-for-brewing-inter-website-war-bans-links-to-gawker-media/
This all stems from a sub reddit of creeps who take creepy photos of women and post them online (without their consent). This quite rightly alarmed some people and pissed other people off.
So a tumblr user started a tumblog called Predditors, which searched out the identities of the dudes posting creepy photos, and posted those details online.
Gawker then posted a story about it.
Which caused one creepshots poster to get fired.
Shortly thereafter the Predditors blog was taken down by Tumblr, then put back up, then taken down again but then put back up with password protection. Tumblr is predictably going crazy.
Gawker has since made moves to publish personal information on Reddit admins, which has caused Reddit to auto-ban links to Gawker Media sites.
The doomsday clock ticks closer to armageddon.
So anyway let's have a long and drama filled discussion about internet privacy and online social vigilante justice.
CONTEXT: What you have just read is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying that i'm a complete dumbass.
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Seriously Neil Gaiman. I nearly got a fucking migraine from the whole incident jesus christ.
dangerous, predatory pedophile
but then
who will be left to stand against 4chan?
seeing stuff like this on an actual news site always makes me
a miserable little pile of secrets
I nearly bit through my lip stifling my laughter goddamn.
on the other hand, i don't like gawker's company-wide site redesign
i guess it's kind of a wash really
while simultaneously defending their right to take anonymous photos of women and post them on the internet
is just the sweetest nectar, oh my goodness
I don't think the two are comparable
Twitter Steam Playstation- Mechaphiliac
twitter just erupted yesterday
but it's totally their fault and wait wait let me explain
I think my brain is actually crying help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vOHXGNx-E7E
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/11/amanda-todd-suicide-bullying_n_1959909.html
so sad
I can honestly not imagine being a teenager today with facebook and shit
gawker is something like the 17th worst
advantage gawker
"it's only free speech if it's MY speech"
Yeah, that's mainly for security footage - same law that allows that also gives the creepyshots people some protection.
juuuuuust missed that curve. i mean i had facebook in high school but it was not nearly the social juggernaut it is for people now.
Yeah, it was still enough of a fringe element for me that I didn't have to think too carefully about what got out there.
I don't think people have really thought about the consequences of having tools like this available during a child's formative years.
then we'll get raneados back
STEAM!
Ahh fuck.
This is honestly one of the few things I worry about with my daughter. In ten to fifteen years, where will social media be, and how do I give her practical safeguards.
I know a couple of people at work have solved that problem with "no Facebook account for you!" but when you have relatives in another country, that my not be a practical solution.