everybody on ilx complains about reddit

xp yeah definitely agree

I think there's a difference here between anonymity and a separation of spheres. I wouldn't consider myself anonymous on here to any degree, really, but this sphere is mostly separate from the rest of my life. Similarly, no old school-mates can track me down on facebook, because I use a name they don't know. And nobody who I worked with could find me easily either, unless I chose to open myself up - it's not anonymity, but it is a level of separation. And because it's not anonymity, the levels of privacy and control I've set up aren't very high - almost anyone could track me down, really. It's just a question of why they'd want to: because they're dicks or I'm enough of one to warrant it, I guess.

what really freaks me out is google's 'search by image' feature, tbh

well said, emil.y

ya i think for the most part of you never make that weird behavioral leap where you start acting like a sociopath because you assume you have anonymity prob no one is ever gonna bother to track and doxx the f out of you, obvs there are huge exceptions to this where people can be victimized for whatever reasons

what really freaks me out is google's 'search by image' feature, tbh

― 乒乓, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:57 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

first result i'm getting for "乒乓" is a creepshot.

https://www.google.com/search?q=乒乓&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og

I've been outed : (

i image-searched my dn. lots of good stuff including:

http://blog.lynda.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/findays-with-mordy.jpg

dayo u r creepshoting cheerleaders holding shredded lettuce, for shame

fwiw I mean finding a picture of someone and then pasting the url of that image into google image search so that it finds other images that are visually similar

goddamnit I just got doxxed by lagœn, MODS

So guess who's going on CNN tonight.

Comments from other Redditors have ranged from supportive to downright hostile.

"My advice to you would be to take a long hard look at yourself and ask yourself who you really are, violentacrez or Mr. Brutsch," one wrote to Brutsch. "My personal view is just about anyone can redeem themselves if they truly put the effort into it. I hope you think about that option."

"Believe it or not," Brutsch replied, "It is at the top of my list."

But of course.

CNN should have him phone into the town hall debate, have him ask about his concerns from privacy in our digital age, compare himself to those johns being named over in Maine...

I was going to start a thread about the Maine johns

I really rather think you should.

his job at a payday loan company?

oh, so he's already going to hell for usury

"Kennebunk Zumba" is a euphemism, apparently

if this is turning into a more general thread on internet privacy with a sidebar on politics then this seems relevant

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/us/politics/campaigns-mine-personal-lives-to-get-out-vote.html

some creepy shit in there

The campaigns’ consultants have run experiments to determine if embarrassing someone for not voting by sending letters to their neighbors or posting their voting histories online is effective.

“I’ve had half-a-dozen conversations with third parties who are wondering if this is the year to start shaming,” said one consultant who works closely with Democratic organizations. “Obama can’t do it. But the ‘super PACs’ are anonymous. They don’t have to put anything on the flier to let the voter know who to blame.”

also they're asking campaign volunteers to open up their Facebook so the campaign can data-mine for friends from battleground states who would then get a call from someone they're at least tenuously connected to

i dig it. nonvoters are lamers.

already have a bunch of friends you disrespect? now we can tell you which of them to call to make it clear

so has OP figured out why everyone on ilx complains about reddit yet

because threaded comments are horrible and gross

idk never reddit

wah WAAAAAAH

the uppy-downy vote thing iirc

think we've all learned a valuable lesson today

[curtain closes, cue magic school bus credits]

Did anybody see VA's interview on CNN?

Did that happen? I was reading conflicting bits about how he might actually appear on Thursday instead.

Makes sense that he'd be bumped with debate coverage taking up so much time today.

This is all part of his grand scheme to stay anonymous.

i wonder if lucasfilm lawyers know about this http://www.reddit.com/r/truejailbait or maybe its lke google doodle where it changes every other day.

I think he filmed it tonight, it'll air thursday

he posted in reddit that one of his "talking points" was that gawker posts upskirts. Lol

hahaha they keep passing around this link

http://gawker.com/upskirt

there are five stories at that page, two are about reddit, two are about other creeps, one is about Lindsay lohan.

im don't buy the charge of hypocrisy but there are a LOT creepier things on gawker. seems to me that it speaks to redditors laziness that they don't notice how weak their favorite evidence actually is

actually sorry THIS is the upskirts link that was goin around reddit

http://gawker.com/upskirts

nah nm it was the first one just showed up weird on my phone

i quit it with gawker after the whole here are a bunch of celebrities who were rumoured to be gay and why crap.

Not clicking anything with jailbait or upskirts in url, btw.

^^^

he posted in reddit that one of his "talking points" was that gawker posts upskirts. Lol

― (♥___♥) (roxymuzak), Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:12 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where did he post this btw??

[sometimes i forget that other people have "real jobs"]

I could probably explain my way out of it and say it was research, but then they're going to find that Pete Townshend playlist I've got on Spotify….

Ugh

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19975375

The issue drew questions over Reddit's policy of not blocking content which, while not technically illegal, would be considered by many as unacceptable.

In a posting made to a private area of the site for moderators and administrators, Mr Wong described the situation as "a bit of a pickle".

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We chose to recognise that opponents have the right to criticise us, to expose us, to tell a story about us”

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"There sure has been a lot of trouble lately for Reddit, and I'd like to talk about about that before I nip off for a spot of tea," he wrote.

He went on to add: "We know that some will not agree with us.

"We also think that if someday, in the far future, we do become a universal platform for human discourse, it would not do if in our youth, we decided to censor things simply because they were distasteful."

However, Mr Wong - who used to be an engineer at Facebook - said the website would continue to enforce a policy to not allow "doxxing", a term given to the process of outing a member by posting personal details online.

"We will ban the posting of personal information, because it incites violence and harassment against specific individuals," Mr Wong said.

He blamed past instances of misguided "witch-hunts" for this rule.

and ugh at the formatting of that quote, sorry.

a bit of a pickle

newsie wewsie, blood pudding, fat arsed girls etc. etc.

"We also think that if someday, in the far future, we do become a universal platform for human discourse, it would not do if in our youth, we decided to censor things simply because they were distasteful."

Reddit's CEO is right. When our space progeny look back on our society they'll be thankful Reddit upheld man's inalienable right to sneak undie pics of teen girls in public.