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> It is doubtful that hits for .onion sites are enough to encourage someone to produce CP. Download and seed more, maybe. But producing more just because someon
by CM30 10y ago
> It is doubtful that hits for .onion sites are enough to encourage someone to produce CP. Download and seed more, maybe. But producing more just because someone downloads it?
Attention and popularity is one hell of a drug. If I'm running a website (about pretty much anything) and I see my views go up significantly, then that encourages me to work on the site more. And the opposite is true if no one gives a toss.
Criminals and scumbags are just as human as the rest of us, and their motivations are often the same. They want popularity, friends, money, fame and power. Even at the possible expense of getting caught doing whatever illegal activity they're doing at the time (like those kids posting pictures of them taking drugs on Facebook or psychos boasting about their crimes on social media sites).
They'll stop doing that stuff when there's no pay off. When there's no audience left.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago> like those kids posting pictures of them taking drugs on Facebook or psychos boasting about their crimes on social media sites Taking drugs is not a crime.
- Forbo 10y agoNot true. Some states have internal possession laws, which means it is illegal to have consumed a controlled substance.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 10y agoThat is what I am talking about here: https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=13567612 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=13567612 Making possession illegal is a measure to reduce consumption and harm producers. It introduces "victimless crime" that does not harm others per se.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago> They'll stop doing that stuff when there's no pay off. When there's no audience left. They will likely stop running a website, but not abusing children. Child abuse was a thing even before photography existed, way before Tor and Internet emerged.