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Controversy Erupts Over Craigslist Prank
An anonymous reader writes to mention something of an ongoing controversy over a recent Craigslist prank. Waxy.org has the full details: "On Monday, a Seattle web developer named Jason Fortuny started his own Craigslist experiment. The goal: 'Posing as a submissive woman looking for an aggressive dom, how many responses can we get in 24 hours?' He took the text and photo from a sexually explicit ad in another area, reposted it to Craigslist Seattle, and waited for the responses to roll in ... '178 responses, with 145 photos of men in various states of undress. Responses include full e-mail addresses (both personal and business addresses), names, and in some cases IM screen names and telephone numbers.' In a staggering move, he then published every single response, unedited and uncensored, with all photos and personal information to Encyclopedia Dramatica." The Wired blog 27B Stroke 6 has analysis of the prank, which author Ryan Singel views as 'sociopathic'. He then follows that up with responses to comments from his analysis, with further exploration of the weighty issues this juvenile prank has brought up.
Maybe you don't understand how personal communication works.
At least with written letters, if you write and send me a letter I can do what I want with it. Read it out loud, publish it online, whatever.
There are limitations to phone conversations due to wiretapping rules, but when you send me nude pics of your beautiful 300 lb naked self, you have no right to tell me what to do with them.
Exposing yourself like this is a bad idea, and people need to learn that.
There is no expectation of privacy for stuff you freely give away to a freaking stranger you don't even know.
These perverts are probably mostly married and looking for a fling and they deserve what they get.
Why should anyone lose their job or marriage over this?
Because you/we haven't separated church from sexuality and it bites your ass in every turn. Imagine how we could live if sexuality was considered mundane everyday need like need to eat or rest? Why can't we? Because we are sick in our heads and church is to blame.
Don't hate the players, hate the rules and those who made the rules. Hate those who play by the rules, hate those who are too weak to go against the rules.
Hate yourself for being shamed to show your reproductive organs publicly while not having any trouble showing your digestive hole publicly.
Hate yourself for being so helpless.
Future generations hopefully will laugh at us being so clumsy with our own mental processes that even adults believe in invisible imaginary friends and are incapable to shake off early learned preconceptions. I, for one, am disappointed at how immature we humans still are in terms of self control.
Preserve old classics: copy your collection onto all hard drives.
He might as well get a punch in the face, his house burned down or worse (and the list of potential suspects is pretty long).
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
Thats fucking classic :D
Anybody that doesn't find it funny, is probably looking for a dom woman and owns their own gimp mask.
-Polyhead-
I find this funny. Personally I think there ought to be more accountability and while these jerks were baited there is no doubt that had this been a real "oppotunity" many of them would be out cheating on their spouses and possibly bringing home a serious infection such as AIDS.
As for the copyright violations - that is a tough one. The copyright to an email and a jpeg rests with the author. However this was published and in such a fashion that it might actually be public domain. In the USA one must register the copyright prior to publishing and if this is not done the copyright becomes imperfect and as such enters limbo. (IANAL but I have researched this).
The thing is that if one of these jerks wishes to challenge him then it will be via a civil suit. Any evidence submitted will become public (by default) and I am sure the press will cover the story. The identity of the plaintiff and the defendant will become public knowledge.
Unless the guy wishes to become a porn star he may not want the exposure so to speak.
The way I see it is that its THEIR OWN DAMN FAULT and I suspect a court will see it this way.
I want the popcorn stand. This should be fun to watch.
One thing this does actually expose is that on many dating sites the female profiles are bogus - over 90% in some cases. Most women would die of embarassment before posting anything and certainly before posting anything their mother or daughter might see.
Being single and finding a partner can be very tough. A lot of dating sites have been defrauding the public in an attempt to exploit this. Then we have of course a lot of married preditory men poising as singles so they can cheat on their wives. Pretty sad - but if these jerks at least are exposed then I say good.
This having been said - one site that seems legit is www.plentyoffish.com
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I sometimes wonder if our society will change so that a score sheet from prior spouses and girl friends / boy friends will become available. In "The sociopath next door" it is suggested that more than 20% of the population simply doesn't give a S**T about anyone other than themselves.
I wonder how many women would like to know if the guy they are dating abused his previous GF?
There are a lot of nice honest guys out there - but there seems to be a preference on the part of many women to pick the dangerous types. Then they look to find a nice guy to raise their brood. Giving a heads up might level the playing feild a bit.
Umm... so, you've decided "to hell with the moral high-ground?"
You're just as bad as he is now. Congrats.
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