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what is r/FlordiaMan material?
by noloblo 4y ago
what is r/FlordiaMan material?
- gostsamo 4y agoFlorida has transparency laws which allow for every dumb thing ever done by a florida man to be published and become highly visible on a global scale. It gave the state certain reputation due to observation bias.
- rocket_surgeron 4y agoThat's a myth. Well, maybe it was true 30 years ago, but it is no longer. The vast majority of US states have transparency laws no different from Florida. https://granicus.com/blog/foia-101-public-record-laws-in-each-state/ https://granicus.com/blog/foia-101-public-record-laws-in-eac... https://www.muckrock.com/place/ https://www.muckrock.com/place/ https://www.nfoic.org/state-freedom-of-information-laws/ https://www.nfoic.org/state-freedom-of-information-laws/ https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-guide https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-guide Floridaman is a thing, but not because of Sunshine laws. Floridaman reports are usually cheap-and-easy police blotter retreads for maximum clicks at minimal cost and practically every jurisdiction everywhere publishes their police blotter.
- jmount 4y agoThat would be Reddit collections of horrible acts by male Florida residents. The term derives from some formal bad writing conventions in news organizations.