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Using Crowdsourcing To Identify Vancouver Rioters

Posted by timothy on from the hey-you-two-get-a-mask dept.

Fudge Factor 3000 writes "The Canucks' loss in the last game of the Stanley Cup Finals resulted in complete mayhem in downtown Vancouver. Everything from upturned cars set alight to looting was commonplace. Unfortunately, most of the perpetrators were able to maintain their anonymity by disappearing into the crowds. Fortunately, bystanders took several pictures and videos of the carnage. Now, websites (including both Facebook and Tumblr) have set up pages to use crowdsourcing to identify the hooligans."

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  1. Wow by kamapuaa · · Score: 4, Funny

    People care about hockey? And enough to riot?

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    1. Re:Wow by webmistressrachel · · Score: 3, Funny

      I read "rioters" as "routers" expecting a map of the internets in Vancouver, then read the summary... I guess I'll just have to carry on doing my own wardriving for the time being...

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    2. Re:Wow by mangu · · Score: 5, Funny

      People care about hockey? And enough to riot?

      Different people, different worries

    3. Re:Wow by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

      US: walmart has a $300 sale on widescreen TVs.

    4. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      People care about hockey? And enough to riot?

      No. It's not disgruntled hockey fans. It's idiots that come downtown to cause trouble anytime there are large crowds.

      How's that differ from a hockey game?

    5. Re:Wow by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

      There are some editing errors in the OP, which make misunderstanding natural. For instance, it says "(in both Facebook and have been set up to use crowdsourcing to identify the hooligans."

      This is Canada. I take that to properly read: (in both Facebook and French) have been set up to use crowdsourcing to identify the hooligans."

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  2. Oblig. xkcd by mangu · · Score: 1, Funny

    859

  3. Re:I think you a whole something by mcmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now websites (in both Facebook and have been set up to use crowdsourcing to identify the hooligans.

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    BOTH facebook?? These people mean business!

  4. This form of policing needs a proper name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I propose "Stasi".

  5. Re:Just for rioting? Seriously? by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    But a sports team LOST! What is the suffering of a few people in the face of such injustice!

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  6. It's Much Worse Here In The UK... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you go to a riot and occasionally a soccer match breaks out!

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