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Vulgar Comment On Newspaper Site Costs Man His Job

Posted by samzenpus on from the sticks-and-stones dept.

DeeFresh writes "ReadWriteWeb has an article up today discussing an incident in which a school employee lost his job after leaving a comment on the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. After the school employee responded to the newspaper's poll of 'the strangest thing you've ever eaten' with a feline-inspired vulgarity, Kurt Greenbaum, the site's director of social media, tracked down the commenter's identity through his IP address and reported him to school officials. When confronted, the school employee resigned from his job."

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  1. Srsly? by smitty777 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come on /. - maybe a stretch to call this news. Aren't there more pressing things going on in the world?

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    1. Re:Srsly? by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Maybe you should try the many current events news websites out there if you want more pressing stories. This is slashdot, not CNN.

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  2. Re:Pussy. There, I said it. by Spazztastic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The guy had it coming.

    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1449584&cid=30155058

    Why did you bother crossposting it on the FP? You're already modded up.

    Why am I modded funny? What the fuck is going on here?!

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  3. Mod parent up and GP down by csartanis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt

  4. Re:Pussy. There, I said it. by prefec2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because you are offtopic. Or
    The crowd is today in a very humorous mood.

  5. Re:"Freedom of Speech" on the Internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is a balance, moderation is good, but that guy should get an anonymous blog like I do:

    my anonymous blog