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The thing about the mob rule aspect is, well... this: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk2 http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk2 "The owner of [funnyjunk] se
by EvilTerran 14y ago
The thing about the mob rule aspect is, well... this:
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk2 http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk2
"The owner of [funnyjunk] sent this mass message to every member of his site:
The Oatmeal wants to sue funnyjunk and shut it down! He thinks we're nothing more than dirty content thieves. That FJ doesn't have any real members, it's just a bot that steals content. [...] Contact Oatmeal any way you can!
As you can imagine, my inbox and Facebook page were slammed with thousands of messages from FunnyJunk users who believed that I was trying to get their community shut down. I think they set the land speed record for the highest number of "OMG ur a gayfagness!!!11" Facebook comments in a single day."