Slashdot Mirror
Pirate Party Banned From Social Networking Site
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that as the European Parliament elections loom, StudiVZ, Germany's largest social networking site, has opened up to political parties for election campaigning. That is, if you aren't the Pirate Party. "The other political parties were allowed to have a special account to show they are an organization and not an individual. The Pirate Party, however, was not allowed to have one and instead operated on a standard user account registered by an individual. StudiVZ noticed that the Pirate Party account was not a "real person" and despite it having a thriving network with hundreds of followers, it was summarily deleted. This means that it is impossible for the Pirate Party to have a presence at all on the largest social networking site in Germany."
Update: 05/02 19:17 GMT by T : Reader riot notes: "FYI: I just translated the press release to English."
Goddard's Law right out of the gate. This has to be a record.
One such member was quoted saying
"Aye. We just want to run for pARRRRRRlament!" No ninjas were found for comment.
Prepare to be boarded by the cutthroats and brigands of The Crimson Permanent Assurance!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Sweet! So far this thread has produced comparisons between a social networking site's account deletion policy and both 1) the Nazis (see above) and 2) the Stasi. Can I get a Joseph Stalin up in here? Some Genghis Kahn metaphors? Or have those already popped up below my filter level?
Oh yeah, its a really short step from the denial of internet access to wholesale slaughter and genocide.
Godwinned.
In Soviet Russia jokes are formulaic and decidedly non-humorous.
That's not the end of it. Those goddamn Nazis running the German government have also banned the National Socialist Party.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Dude, totally! And like, someday Germans will get to tell their kid about how joining a party other than the officially sanctioned ones could, like, totally result in not being able to get your Facebook feed updated with official party event invitations! You could only get invitations to events from some other person setting up a non-official facebook group for the party, which meant you wouldn't get the little blue background bar invites in your facebook feed! And sometimes the javascript didn't work right to update your Twitters, so you'd totally have to get it sent to email instead! Dark times, dude, dark times.
I'm sorry, but: do you really not feel that these comparisons are maybe just a little bit silly?
Do YOU know why your neighbor is coughing? DO YOU???
Pubic hair caught in her throat?
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
God is dead! -- Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead! -- God
Cheers,
"What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
"A four-foot prune."
I thought this was about social networking sites.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
You're a member of "The Ninja Party", aren't you?
+1 OHHHSNAP!
It's not about fate, it's about character.
there be no shelter here, the frontline is everywhere!
There is a limit on the number of "r"'s allowed and the pirates seem to go through them at quite a rate. Perhaps we could allow them in if they paid for each additional "r", but then we'd be seen as profiting from one party and not another so we can't win either way.