Comments on: Beware of geeks bearing gifts

By: JennaMcWilliams

JennaMcWilliams — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:55:48 +0000

I’ll see your “There are a lot of repressed people out there” and raise you a “There are a lot of oppressed people out there.” A key feature of internet communication is its tendency toward loose knotworks of resistance. Historically, people haven’t really had much of a chance to be heard, and when the rabble gets roused, that cultural lifetime of oppression and repression comes spewing forth as disproportional rage.

Did Lily Allen deserve the response she got? No, of course not. But the internet reaction to her accidental lameness gestures toward a larger point: You may be able to stop a few individuals from pirating materials, but you can’t stop ALL individuals from doing so.

By: Lilian Edwards

Lilian Edwards — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:49:23 +0000

ps yep that’s where I heard of 4chan!!

By: Andres

Andres — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:54:01 +0000

Indeed, they really are a small minority. I understand why you got upset, but I think that these people deserve to be ignored.

By: Lilian Edwards

Lilian Edwards — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:29:42 +0000

WEll as you know I’m pretty geek identified myself and yet I think I know, a little, when to stop before the edge of almost defamation Maybe I just want to apply the standards I expect of myself to others?? Also having dealt with this kind of stuff in my social life for the last twenty years, perhaps my patience suddenly wore thin when it got to my work life? I’m not sure really.

Incidentally despite having been on the Net since 82 and the web since 93, I only recently heard of 4chan myself – oddly enough, from XKCD

By: Seriously « Never Neutral

Seriously « Never Neutral — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:35 +0000

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Susan Pinochet (sdp) 's status on Friday, 25-Sep-09 14:36:12 UTC - Identi.ca — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:36:22 +0000

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By: Glyn Moody (glynmoody) 's status on Friday, 25-Sep-09 09:19:16 UTC - Identi.ca

Glyn Moody (glynmoody) 's status on Friday, 25-Sep-09 09:19:16 UTC - Identi.ca — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:19:38 +0000

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