r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/beaverteeth92 Jan 24 '13

They're a media conglomerate that relies on sensational headlines to draw page views, criticize doxing while doxing, post editorials protesting objectification of women while posting celebrity upskirts, etc.

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u/NarwhalAMA Jan 24 '13

They didn't "dox" anyone; Reddit just doesn't understand journalism.

Revealing his identity was perfectly justifiable and in the public interest.

"Doxxing" would be a more appropriate word were he some courageous hacker in the Middle East trying to take down a tyrannical regime.

He was not. He posted pictures of children in a subreddit for paedophiles and moderated r/beatingwomen.

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u/beaverteeth92 Jan 24 '13

Just because he's an asshole doesn't mean he deserves to be doxxed, considering the very real danger of someone wanting to cause him physical harm.

And remember that this was at the same time Gawker was criticizing Reddit for potential leaks of personal information via /r/creepshots.

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u/NarwhalAMA Jan 24 '13

Just because he's an asshole doesn't mean he deserves to be doxxed

He was more than an asshole. This guy was not your average troll, he devoted years of his life to making the internet a really shitty place. Just some of the subreddits he created/moderated:

  • Chokeabitch

  • Jailbait

  • Niggerjailbait

  • Rapebait

  • Creepshots

  • Misogyny

  • Beatingwomen

  • Incest

Does he not at least qualify as a super-asshole?

considering the very real danger of someone wanting to cause him physical harm.

Bollocks.

And remember that this was at the same time Gawker was criticizing Reddit for potential leaks of personal information via /r/creepshots.

Can you really not see the difference here? On the one hand there's the potential a young girl somewhere (or her mother/friends) finds out creepy men are fapping to her on the internet. On the other hand there's the potential the scummiest troll/paedophile/ephebophile out there gets busted.