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If you need to ask me that ... I congratulate you on your restrained use of social media.

gruez 8y ago
Are you saying that the video was being posted to social media as "shock videos" (ie. the viewer did not know that it was violent before watching it)? If so, why is censorship needed, rather than a NSFW/NSFL label?
- TheTruth1234 8y ago
  I'm saying the video was readily available as "news". I don't care how it's dealt with, but I prefer it not to be a part of my regular online diet.
  - gojomo 8y ago
    So, how does having it be "available as 'news'", behind an intentional click or two for those who feel they want or even "need" to know, affect your online diet? Can't you just pass it over without clicking, like with the hundreds/thousands of other offered-but-unwanted links one encounters in daily web/app usage?
    - TheTruth1234 8y ago
      "Intentional" .... It was beneath the top trending hashtag on twitter. Initially, it was absolutely not obvious what the video was that kept appearing. Sometimes it would auto play. Obviously rapidly it became clear what was going on ... and then it was a basic game to escape ... and then to just switch off social media. Honestly ... there are some f@cking weird questions asked about this subject on HN. Do you mind if I ask your age and general location? I'm really curious.
RugnirViking 8y ago
I honestly consider myself somebody who uses social media perhaps too much, and yet I still didn't see anything like a video at all - I don't know if it's a social media bubble, or perhaps a feature of the country I'm in. I saw the news that the attack had happened almost instantly, but not even on places like reddit did I see videos of the event.
1123581321 8y ago
In the future, would you please add an additional sentence to comments like this one where you answer the question?
gojomo 8y ago
Thanks for the appreciation, but still wondering which specific sites/services presented you with images/video you didn't want to see. (I'm a pretty heavy user of social media, especially Twitter & Facebook, but as none of my friends/followees/groups posted raw video, I only saw the headlines and generic 'aftermath' photos common on mainstream news sites.)

Are you saying that the video was being posted to social media as "shock videos" (ie. the viewer did not know that it was violent before watching it)? If so, why is censorship needed, rather than a NSFW/NSFL label?

TheTruth1234 8y ago
I'm saying the video was readily available as "news". I don't care how it's dealt with, but I prefer it not to be a part of my regular online diet.
- gojomo 8y ago
  So, how does having it be "available as 'news'", behind an intentional click or two for those who feel they want or even "need" to know, affect your online diet? Can't you just pass it over without clicking, like with the hundreds/thousands of other offered-but-unwanted links one encounters in daily web/app usage?
  - TheTruth1234 8y ago
    "Intentional" .... It was beneath the top trending hashtag on twitter. Initially, it was absolutely not obvious what the video was that kept appearing. Sometimes it would auto play. Obviously rapidly it became clear what was going on ... and then it was a basic game to escape ... and then to just switch off social media. Honestly ... there are some f@cking weird questions asked about this subject on HN. Do you mind if I ask your age and general location? I'm really curious.

RugnirViking 8y ago

I honestly consider myself somebody who uses social media perhaps too much, and yet I still didn't see anything like a video at all - I don't know if it's a social media bubble, or perhaps a feature of the country I'm in. I saw the news that the attack had happened almost instantly, but not even on places like reddit did I see videos of the event.

1123581321 8y ago

In the future, would you please add an additional sentence to comments like this one where you answer the question?

gojomo 8y ago

Thanks for the appreciation, but still wondering which specific sites/services presented you with images/video you didn't want to see. (I'm a pretty heavy user of social media, especially Twitter & Facebook, but as none of my friends/followees/groups posted raw video, I only saw the headlines and generic 'aftermath' photos common on mainstream news sites.)