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That also fails: https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/minnesota-vikings-johnny-sins-veterans https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/minnesota-vikings-johnny-...

WJW 3y ago
If it hadn't been called out in the media, how many people would have caught onto that?
- dvngnt_ 3y ago
  enough for it to get called out by the media
- earthboundkid 3y ago
  He's wearing the old camo pattern which hasn't be used in decades, which any military veteran would cue in on.
  - pests 3y ago
    There is no indication of of the date of the photo. The tweet even mentions "looking up to" implying they may be an older role model. That photo could have easily been taken decades ago. Maybe we just assume digital photo = digital age and everything posted is recent? You wouldn't have that objection if it was an old black and white grainy photo with the same out of date pattern. Reminds me of my favorite comedian: "One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said 'Here's a picture of me when I was younger.' Every picture is of you when you were younger."
    - genewitch 3y ago
      "and the picture of you when you were youngest is also the oldest picture of you"
hnbad 3y ago
I don't think "filter out texts that look like they might be blatant sexual puns or inappropriate for a jumbotron" is on the same level as "filter out images in a promotion of militarist culture that depict people whom the military might not want to be associated with". I doubt most people (including journalists) would have known the image was a prank if there weren't articles written about the prank after it was pointed out in a way that journalists found out about. On the other hand getting the word "penis" or a slur on the jumbotron is intentionally somewhat obvious. I actually think the example of a porn actor being mistaken for a soldier is rather harmless (although it will offend exactly the kind of crowd that thinks a sports event randomly "honoring" military personnel is good and normal). I recall politicians being tricked into "honoring" far worse people in pranks like this just because someone constructed a sob story about them using a real picture. The problem here is that filtering out the "bad people" requires either being able to perfectly identify (i.e. already know) every single bad person or every single good person. A reverse image search is a good gut check but if the photo itself doesn't have any exact matches you rely on facial recognition which is too unreliable. You don't want to turn down a genuine sob story because the guy just happens to look like a different person.
klyrs 3y ago
That's an acceptable failure. The only people who know that guy are into porn already.
- eru 3y ago
  I know, because the linked article told me. (In this case, I don't care. But the pearl-clutching type might.)
_a_a_a_ 3y ago
"Safe to say the Vikings social media team is going to be thinking long and hard..." those last 3 words genuinely accidental?
mock-possum 3y ago
I mean… that’s hardly offensive though. That’s not on the same level as a racial slur or something.

WJW 3y ago

If it hadn't been called out in the media, how many people would have caught onto that?

dvngnt_ 3y ago
enough for it to get called out by the media
earthboundkid 3y ago
He's wearing the old camo pattern which hasn't be used in decades, which any military veteran would cue in on.
- pests 3y ago
  There is no indication of of the date of the photo. The tweet even mentions "looking up to" implying they may be an older role model. That photo could have easily been taken decades ago. Maybe we just assume digital photo = digital age and everything posted is recent? You wouldn't have that objection if it was an old black and white grainy photo with the same out of date pattern. Reminds me of my favorite comedian: "One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said 'Here's a picture of me when I was younger.' Every picture is of you when you were younger."
  - genewitch 3y ago
    "and the picture of you when you were youngest is also the oldest picture of you"

hnbad 3y ago

I don't think "filter out texts that look like they might be blatant sexual puns or inappropriate for a jumbotron" is on the same level as "filter out images in a promotion of militarist culture that depict people whom the military might not want to be associated with". I doubt most people (including journalists) would have known the image was a prank if there weren't articles written about the prank after it was pointed out in a way that journalists found out about. On the other hand getting the word "penis" or a slur on the jumbotron is intentionally somewhat obvious. I actually think the example of a porn actor being mistaken for a soldier is rather harmless (although it will offend exactly the kind of crowd that thinks a sports event randomly "honoring" military personnel is good and normal). I recall politicians being tricked into "honoring" far worse people in pranks like this just because someone constructed a sob story about them using a real picture. The problem here is that filtering out the "bad people" requires either being able to perfectly identify (i.e. already know) every single bad person or every single good person. A reverse image search is a good gut check but if the photo itself doesn't have any exact matches you rely on facial recognition which is too unreliable. You don't want to turn down a genuine sob story because the guy just happens to look like a different person.

klyrs 3y ago

That's an acceptable failure. The only people who know that guy are into porn already.

eru 3y ago
I know, because the linked article told me. (In this case, I don't care. But the pearl-clutching type might.)

_a_a_a_ 3y ago

"Safe to say the Vikings social media team is going to be thinking long and hard..." those last 3 words genuinely accidental?

mock-possum 3y ago

I mean… that’s hardly offensive though. That’s not on the same level as a racial slur or something.