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Semi-related: Guy who became a Reddit meme because he took his typewriter to the park (he explains why in the linked article) describes what its like to be ridi
by optimalsolver 5y ago
Semi-related: Guy who became a Reddit meme because he took his typewriter to the park (he explains why in the linked article) describes what its like to be ridiculed on the Internet.
https://www.theawl.com/2013/09/i-am-an-object-of-internet-ridicule-ask-me-anything/ https://www.theawl.com/2013/09/i-am-an-object-of-internet-ri...
- jamil7 5y agoThanks for sharing this. Reddit really is an awful place, I’ve personally seen comments inciting violence like this there so often.
- kshacker 5y agoFantastic reading, although from 2013 it seems. Never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing.
- imgabe 5y agoThis is fascinating, you should submit this as its own post. I read So You've Been Publicly Shamed[1] recently which detailed more stories like this. It should be required reading in every high school. The Internet mob is a cultural phenomenon of the current moment that we aren't going to look back on fondly. [1]https://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594634017 https://www.amazon.com/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594...
- OJFord 5y agoSomeone now has: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27457618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27457618 (I just mention it to avoid dupes, and maybe further discussion is better there than as a tangent here.)
- 3v1n0 5y agoI'm quite sure there's an Italian street artist that is doing this for some years already