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FCC Website Hobbled By Comment Trolls Incited By Comedian John Oliver
An anonymous reader writes "In a recent segment of his new HBO show, Last Week Tonight, comedian John Oliver delivered a commentary (video) on the current net neutrality debate. He ended the segment by calling on all internet comment trolls to take advantage of the FCC's open comments section on the topic. 'We need you to get out there and for once in your lives focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction,' he said. 'Seize your moment, my lovely trolls, turn on caps lock, and fly my pretties! Fly! Fly! Fly!' While the true impact of John Oliver's editorial cannot be confirmed, the FCC nevertheless tweeted shortly after it aired that its website was experiencing technical difficulties due to heavy traffic. They accept comments via email as well at openinternet@fcc.gov."
Who is "John Oliver"? And this post reminds me of Spurious Correlations.
Some random comic makes a joke to a small segment of the TV watching late-nighters, and this somehow took down an FCC web site?
Sure, OK, if it makes you feel better....
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Is that what you tell yourself while you're working the astroglide puddle and calling your pillow a bitch?
I hope the FCC turns the Internet off. Watching you pasty-ass fatbodies wander outside in your pajamas will at least entertain the media for a few days.