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That’s not how I’ve understood the Streisand effect - nor how Wikipedia does either: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org
by drewbug01 6y ago
That’s not how I’ve understood the Streisand effect - nor how Wikipedia does either: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
From the link:
> The Streisand effect is a social phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information, often via the Internet.
It’s not so much about whether a piece of information has been “published” or “publicized,” (although obviously that is typically the situation!) - but rather the act of trying to control the narrative causes the narrative to spin further away from your control.
Anyways, pedantry aside, to me this neatly fits the definition. There is information that Coinbase really doesn’t want out there: and their attempt at controlling the narrative has ensured I will be looking for this article and make time to read it as soon as it is published.
- ajhurliman 6y agoThe wikipedia link backs the parent's point more than it does yours
- gamblor956 6y agoNo, Coinbase's preemptive post has simply drawn more attention to the allegations of racism than the (as of yet unpublished) NYT article on its own would have, which is the very definition of the Streisand Effect. The fact is that they think the article is so damaging that they must do preemptive damage control speaks volumes.