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> Imagine Moloch looking out over the expanse of the world, eagle-eyed for anything that can turn brother against brother and husband against wife. Finally he d

> Imagine Moloch looking out over the expanse of the world, eagle-eyed for anything that can turn brother against brother and husband against wife. Finally he decides “YOU KNOW WHAT NOBODY HATES EACH OTHER ABOUT YET? BIRD-WATCHING. LET ME FIND SOME STORY THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE HATE EACH OTHER OVER BIRD-WATCHING” Oh, 2020... https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-video-african-american-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-vid...

rendall 6y ago
Knitting... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=knitting%20controversy https://duckduckgo.com/?q=knitting%20controversy Young Adult fiction... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=young%20adult%20literature%20controversy https://duckduckgo.com/?q=young%20adult%20literature%20contr... I wonder if there might be an internet rule: If you can think of it, there are people who hate each other over it
- api 6y ago
  Look! ^^^ Even these obscure cases just got an iota of precious attention! Do people who don't hate each other over things get attention?
- EamonnMR 6y ago
  Reddit's Hobby Drama community collects these. https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/enw2kd/running_dentist_who_won_west_wyoming_marathon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/enw2kd/running_... https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/hj9zt5/tropical_aquariums_arowana_the_fish_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/hj9zt5/tropical... https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/a03n68/tamagotchiyes_a_tamagotchi_fandom_exists_and_we/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/a03n68/tamagotc....
- metafunctor 6y ago
  Not sure if I'd call it an “internet rule”, but a rule of the attention economy (of which the Internet is the primary medium).
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Length of SSC articles... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972789 I'm calling Poe's law, though :-)
devchix 6y ago
This was not a story about bird-watching. I don't know if you're drawing the comparison due to the faintest glimmer of similarity or you think it's about bird-watching. This was not a story that divided people. "Everyone" (that is, everyone who had opinions they wished to express) agreed the woman was a liar and a jerk.

rendall 6y ago

Knitting... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=knitting%20controversy https://duckduckgo.com/?q=knitting%20controversy Young Adult fiction... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=young%20adult%20literature%20controversy https://duckduckgo.com/?q=young%20adult%20literature%20contr... I wonder if there might be an internet rule: If you can think of it, there are people who hate each other over it

api 6y ago
Look! ^^^ Even these obscure cases just got an iota of precious attention! Do people who don't hate each other over things get attention?
EamonnMR 6y ago
Reddit's Hobby Drama community collects these. https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/enw2kd/running_dentist_who_won_west_wyoming_marathon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/enw2kd/running_... https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/hj9zt5/tropical_aquariums_arowana_the_fish_that/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/hj9zt5/tropical... https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/a03n68/tamagotchiyes_a_tamagotchi_fandom_exists_and_we/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/a03n68/tamagotc....
metafunctor 6y ago
Not sure if I'd call it an “internet rule”, but a rule of the attention economy (of which the Internet is the primary medium).
082349872349872 6y ago
Length of SSC articles... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23972789 I'm calling Poe's law, though :-)

devchix 6y ago

This was not a story about bird-watching. I don't know if you're drawing the comparison due to the faintest glimmer of similarity or you think it's about bird-watching. This was not a story that divided people. "Everyone" (that is, everyone who had opinions they wished to express) agreed the woman was a liar and a jerk.