Say what you want about FLG: he's immature, crude, stupid, crazy, an asshole, whatever, but you'll never see something this fucking weird here at Fear and Loathing in Georgetown.
Mr. Kain explains some here.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
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I'm always surprised at how little people understand about the internet. I never bothered to look into what information was available to a blog owner about his posters: I just assumed that it was the same information available to the administrator of a listserv or a restricted, password-protected website.
I saw a bit of what was posted over there, and I more or less understand what was deleted. But here's the thing: it really isn't about internet technology. If you're a regular participant in a community of people -- as an administrator, a poster, or even a non-posting lurker -- you are going to learn things about other people. If you care enough to pay attention, or simply have a great memory, over months or years you can develop a very clear picture of who those people are -- even if they take pains to avoid referencing facts in their lives that would be accessible to skilled-data crunchers. That's where the potential for mischief arises.
And that seems to be what's happened over there at the League. (That, combined with someone exposing himself as a borderline sociopath.)
It's not that picking on LOG is a problem by itself, but it does distract you from object sex. dave.s.
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