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TechDirt is a SELF-PROCLAIMED rumor mill. It is not a reputable source for anything and the owners make no qualms about it.

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
> TechDirt is a SELF-PROCLAIMED rumor mill. I think you may be confused. The articles' consistent and well done sourcing is a solid opposite of rumor-mill behavior. > It is not a reputable source for anything and the owners make no qualms about it. Obviously not true as even a casual read will attest. As evidence I offer the site, in partial or it's entirety.
- Supermancho 6y ago
  > As evidence I offer the site, in partial or it's entirety. TechDirt has been on a backslide in readership for years, primarily from it's crappy "we just post what we hear" nonsense. What you see now is a rebranding (eg* "free speech") which has served them better than the previous snicker journalism that they are known for. The fact that they have seemingly well-sourced articles is incidental to the past, which you seem wholly ignorant enough to assume was a quality source. *It does seem to be working as other sites are increasingly linking to it.
  - wonnage 6y ago
    This is the source: https://www.wrtv.com/longform/running-blind-impd-arrests-first-suspected-pimp-in-7-months https://www.wrtv.com/longform/running-blind-impd-arrests-fir... From this article: > “We assume it’s a great thing that Backpage closed down,” Stefanie Jeffers said. “And it is, because it’s horrible that Backpage existed and so much trafficking occurred through the users of Backpage. But I do think that it comes with its dangers too.” > Jeffers, the founder of the nonprofit Grit Into Grace, works with women who are engaged in street prostitution in Indianapolis to help them get out of the life. She says Backpage’s closure came as a shock to the women she talked to. I don't get why you're hung up on whether TechDirt is reputable or not, just read the actual article?
    - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
      Compulsive Techdirt hatred is a weird thing. Without fail, I see it 'evidenced' with w/ unsubstantiated innuendos - pretty much what the haters say TD does.
    - otterley 6y ago
      I suspect if the news article was linked to directly, we wouldn’t be having this specific discussion. But even the source article provides no support for the argument that Congress acted with malice towards the innocent.

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago

> TechDirt is a SELF-PROCLAIMED rumor mill. I think you may be confused. The articles' consistent and well done sourcing is a solid opposite of rumor-mill behavior. > It is not a reputable source for anything and the owners make no qualms about it. Obviously not true as even a casual read will attest. As evidence I offer the site, in partial or it's entirety.

Supermancho 6y ago
> As evidence I offer the site, in partial or it's entirety. TechDirt has been on a backslide in readership for years, primarily from it's crappy "we just post what we hear" nonsense. What you see now is a rebranding (eg* "free speech") which has served them better than the previous snicker journalism that they are known for. The fact that they have seemingly well-sourced articles is incidental to the past, which you seem wholly ignorant enough to assume was a quality source. *It does seem to be working as other sites are increasingly linking to it.
- wonnage 6y ago
  This is the source: https://www.wrtv.com/longform/running-blind-impd-arrests-first-suspected-pimp-in-7-months https://www.wrtv.com/longform/running-blind-impd-arrests-fir... From this article: > “We assume it’s a great thing that Backpage closed down,” Stefanie Jeffers said. “And it is, because it’s horrible that Backpage existed and so much trafficking occurred through the users of Backpage. But I do think that it comes with its dangers too.” > Jeffers, the founder of the nonprofit Grit Into Grace, works with women who are engaged in street prostitution in Indianapolis to help them get out of the life. She says Backpage’s closure came as a shock to the women she talked to. I don't get why you're hung up on whether TechDirt is reputable or not, just read the actual article?
  - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    Compulsive Techdirt hatred is a weird thing. Without fail, I see it 'evidenced' with w/ unsubstantiated innuendos - pretty much what the haters say TD does.
  - otterley 6y ago
    I suspect if the news article was linked to directly, we wouldn’t be having this specific discussion. But even the source article provides no support for the argument that Congress acted with malice towards the innocent.