Re: Reading: The Internet Knows Where I Live
- Phi
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Re: Reading: The Internet Knows Where I Live
Didn't see this the first time around and listened today. I think I vaguely knew you had a post on the SLJ reads a thing thread but I had no idea there was a huge back story. Fascinating.
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Re: Reading: The Internet Knows Where I Live
This incident has basically become my go-to way to describe how bad 4chan is to people like my grandparents who aren't familiar with Internet stuff. The horrified reactions that invariably occur sometimes make me wish I could remember my own days of relative innocence as regards the dark corners of the web.
- BigDamnArtist
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Just relistened to this again, and damn I forgot how well written this is. Good job Teague, and although I was halfway across the continent when it was happening, I still remember the chat during those couple days. And yes... I think I could probably still navigate 4chan if I had to... *shudders*
Anyways...
I was wondering how you feel about this being shared? Me and a friend got into a conversation a while back about GamerGate and related things, and I was trying to explain doxxing and the general 4chan culture and I don't think I quite did it the same justice as you do. Was just wondering if you were cool with me sending this to her? (or do you have a text copy posted somewhere, I can't remember now)
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Re: Reading: The Internet Knows Where I Live
Sending it to her is fine. I'm still a little spooked by the idea of super-public shares, but at this point things have died down enough that I'm not panicky about it anymore.
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