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> Real leaks don't have fancy websites with responsive vectorized portraits and a full on content /social media structure. Yes they do and you're welcome. Sin

by r3bl 11y ago

> Real leaks don't have fancy websites with responsive vectorized portraits and a full on content /social media structure. Yes they do and you're welcome. Sincerely, somebody who worked on this for way too long and practically hasn't left the office this entire weekend.

wyck 11y ago
I'm not critiquing the website, it looks great to be honest. It's comes across a little odd when you target just a small amount of people, it almost seems like a sales pitch. The journalists need to be more transparent about the data and why these individuals were picked first, and how the data release is going to work. I hope for your sake you don't have to vectorize everyone mentioned in the data.
- r3bl 11y ago
  Worth pointing out: this is, in no way, done by a single media organization. This is a collaborative effort of ~107 news organizations from all over the world, and you can be sure that behind each of them there's a small dedicated tech team that worked tirelessly on making this thing look pretty. Because this is such a huge collaborative effort involving over 300 journalists from god knows how many countries, we barely managed to set an embargo until 8 PM (CEST). An hour before that, there were literally less than 10 tweets using #panamapapers. Now, there's over half a million. And it's been just seven hours since I have started the tweet wall in our office! From this point on, I believe that every media organization is going to focus on its own region, although I cannot guarantee that. After all, my job was to make the website look pretty. I had the honor of reading some of the stories before anyone else while I was preparing them for the website (and I will have the same honor again in ~5-6 hours), but that's about it.
  - return0 11y ago
    So, how much popcorn should i buy?
    - r3bl 11y ago
      In the next 14 days, a lot. After that, have one bag per day ready until the end of the month.
      - return0 11y ago
        I think i should invest in corn, through my offshore company of course.
  - wyck 11y ago
    Honestly that is becoming more clear and I might have jumped the gun in my initial comment. It went viral very fast, I think it would have been a great idea to say that each "regional' media representative would be disclosing more info within the next couple of weeks.. on the website! And if some important info was not disclosed regionally there would also be a follow up, because right now you have to admit.. not many Western names are showing up if any ( don't mention Cameron and the others since this was already exposed pre-leak).
    - karmelapple 11y ago
      Perhaps consider revising your original comment to be less dismissive if you have changed your mind?
  - xg15 11y ago
    Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment, but if you have such an event ongoing and you manage to keep silence about it for over a year between ~300 people from half a dozen countries and 107 organisations - to such an extent that two hours before you have not more than ten tweets - then it looks to me that coordination works extremely well.
ediblenergy 11y ago
Looks great! Small visual bug here: https://panamapapers.icij.org/stairway_tax_heaven_game/ https://panamapapers.icij.org/stairway_tax_heaven_game/ The zoom effect blurs the image.
alfiedotwtf 11y ago
The 1% having their pants down is the type of transparency we need. Sincerely, Thank You!
enraged_camel 11y ago
>>Juan Penalti - Soccer Player Nice touch. :)
laxatives 11y ago
The whole presentation was extremely well done. This seriously makes me consider going in to journalism if I ever feel the need for a career change.
agumonkey 11y ago
sci-hub wasn't as nice for instance. Good job anyway :)
xg15 11y ago
Indeed the website looks very good - and analyzing and presenting such a huge amount of data deserves respect. But I was also wondering why this leak had to be embargoed for a year. Why not release the complete raw data very quickly (with irrelevant, privacy-sensitive areas visibly redacted) and follow up with a detailed analysis later?
- pilsetnieks 11y ago
  > Why not release the complete raw data very quickly (with irrelevant, privacy-sensitive areas visibly redacted) Did you see the sheer volume of the data? You cannot redact 11+ million documents quickly.
pistoriusp 11y ago
It's not really usable on mobile though?

by r3bl 11y ago

wyck 11y ago

I'm not critiquing the website, it looks great to be honest. It's comes across a little odd when you target just a small amount of people, it almost seems like a sales pitch. The journalists need to be more transparent about the data and why these individuals were picked first, and how the data release is going to work. I hope for your sake you don't have to vectorize everyone mentioned in the data.

r3bl 11y ago
Worth pointing out: this is, in no way, done by a single media organization. This is a collaborative effort of ~107 news organizations from all over the world, and you can be sure that behind each of them there's a small dedicated tech team that worked tirelessly on making this thing look pretty. Because this is such a huge collaborative effort involving over 300 journalists from god knows how many countries, we barely managed to set an embargo until 8 PM (CEST). An hour before that, there were literally less than 10 tweets using #panamapapers. Now, there's over half a million. And it's been just seven hours since I have started the tweet wall in our office! From this point on, I believe that every media organization is going to focus on its own region, although I cannot guarantee that. After all, my job was to make the website look pretty. I had the honor of reading some of the stories before anyone else while I was preparing them for the website (and I will have the same honor again in ~5-6 hours), but that's about it.
- return0 11y ago
  So, how much popcorn should i buy?
  - r3bl 11y ago
    In the next 14 days, a lot. After that, have one bag per day ready until the end of the month.
    - return0 11y ago
      I think i should invest in corn, through my offshore company of course.
- wyck 11y ago
  Honestly that is becoming more clear and I might have jumped the gun in my initial comment. It went viral very fast, I think it would have been a great idea to say that each "regional' media representative would be disclosing more info within the next couple of weeks.. on the website! And if some important info was not disclosed regionally there would also be a follow up, because right now you have to admit.. not many Western names are showing up if any ( don't mention Cameron and the others since this was already exposed pre-leak).
  - karmelapple 11y ago
    Perhaps consider revising your original comment to be less dismissive if you have changed your mind?
- xg15 11y ago
  Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment, but if you have such an event ongoing and you manage to keep silence about it for over a year between ~300 people from half a dozen countries and 107 organisations - to such an extent that two hours before you have not more than ten tweets - then it looks to me that coordination works extremely well.

ediblenergy 11y ago

Looks great! Small visual bug here: https://panamapapers.icij.org/stairway_tax_heaven_game/ https://panamapapers.icij.org/stairway_tax_heaven_game/ The zoom effect blurs the image.

alfiedotwtf 11y ago

The 1% having their pants down is the type of transparency we need. Sincerely, Thank You!

enraged_camel 11y ago

>>Juan Penalti - Soccer Player Nice touch. :)

laxatives 11y ago

The whole presentation was extremely well done. This seriously makes me consider going in to journalism if I ever feel the need for a career change.

agumonkey 11y ago

sci-hub wasn't as nice for instance. Good job anyway :)

xg15 11y ago

Indeed the website looks very good - and analyzing and presenting such a huge amount of data deserves respect. But I was also wondering why this leak had to be embargoed for a year. Why not release the complete raw data very quickly (with irrelevant, privacy-sensitive areas visibly redacted) and follow up with a detailed analysis later?

pilsetnieks 11y ago
> Why not release the complete raw data very quickly (with irrelevant, privacy-sensitive areas visibly redacted) Did you see the sheer volume of the data? You cannot redact 11+ million documents quickly.

pistoriusp 11y ago

It's not really usable on mobile though?