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Willfully and gleefully helping to destroy people's lives. My brain normally just shuts down at such a level of awfulness, which means it's probably worth tryi

Willfully and gleefully helping to destroy people's lives. My brain normally just shuts down at such a level of awfulness, which means it's probably worth trying to understand, at least at the intellectual level. I mean, is this just straight up sadism? Is the guy just happy ruining stuff, a child knocking over blocks, except that he's in a grown man's body? Doesn't seem implausible, but I don't feel like I understand it any better. Is it the money? A cold calculation? But he seems to be so happy about everything, and frankly, not bright enough for that. "I have nerds for days... I have nerds on nerds." Really? Is he one of those that just can't back down from an argument? The article mentions he was recently in a physical fight. Maybe he did something jerky a long time ago, someone called him out on his jerkyness, and so he doubled down, was even jerkier, just to show that other guy. He did that a couple of times, just to prove he couldn't be called out on stuff and it became a habit. Now he's wired to seek out stuff that other people will react poorly to, because in some portion of his brain it translates to him winning an argument. I like that third explanation the best, because there are parts of the behavior I can relate to. I can sort of understand how it could happen. But this guy is so far out there, I just have no idea. My own emotions are probably a really crappy guide for figuring out how that guy ticks.

maratd 14y ago
> Is it the money? It's always the money. If there's no revenue stream, small sites stay small and you never hear about them.
CrossCircuit 14y ago
His nerds for days comment is quite frankly, bizarre, agreed. I feel a bit sorry for him actually though. My bet is that he was probably abused as a kid and has some real issues. If he wasn't in love with lulz so much, rather than creating some shock porn sites he'd probably join the TSA or something to get his rocks off in controlling and damaging other people. As somebody interested in peoples' motivations though, this seems puzzling. Outside of the modest burst of media attention he gets for doing it, I don't see a reason why he would add addresses to his site's pictures. The idea of mapping personally identifying information about people to certain unique numbers or addresses isn't a new concept as http://www.dirtyphonebook.com http://www.dirtyphonebook.com and other sites use numbers and things of that nature to link peoples' identities. But I think that inviting people to list an address is probably crossing one bridge too far. Unfortunate.
kls 14y ago
My own emotions are probably a really crappy guide for figuring out how that guy ticks. I would assume that you are correct, given what seems to be a bent for manipulating people and a desire for notoriety because of it as well as what appears to be an attraction to chaos (e.g violent confrontations). I would assume that this guy has a touch of some form of Antisocial Personality Disorder such as Sociopathy. It's is difficult for someone to understand how a Sociopath thinks because it is extremely foreign to how a normal person thinks. The best way to describe it is to not think of people as humans but rather look at them as a hunter looks at prey. They are a trophy or rather controlling and manipulating them is a trophy. They do not view others as equal to them and view themselves as a being unto themselves as elite if you will. It's hard to say whether or not this guys suffers from Sociopathy but he sure does have a few of the markers for it.
Jabbles 14y ago
In order for his site to succeed it will depend on thousands of "sadists" submitting content, and thousands more viewing it (and paying? or adverts?). It will be a sad day for society - the best we can do is not give his site the Oxygen of publicity.
- mnicole 14y ago
  A friend's ex-girlfriend was plastered on a site like this some years ago by another ex's friends. She was underage in the photos and it wouldn't surprise me if middle and high schoolers use a service like this as much if not more than those over 18 in order to shame their classmates and former flings. The publicity this is already receiving makes it more at-risk for such an audience, and so I hope that ends up being the downfall.
- vampirechicken 14y ago
  You must be new to the internets.
- zimbatm 14y ago
  It's just sex. If the society didn't regard this activity as shameful then this website wouldn't have the same kind of attraction. I imagine a website where people would post photos of people enjoying a glass of wine :)
  - revoluza 14y ago
    couldnt of said this better myself - simon - http://www.revoluza-signup.com/ http://www.revoluza-signup.com/
  - Jabbles 14y ago
    I wouldn't want photos of me doing anything uploaded without my permission, visible to anyone and tagged with my name and address. Just because something is private doesn't mean it's shameful.
    - zimbatm 14y ago
anonymous 14y ago
Some men just want to watch the world burn. And it's not about "sending a message", it's just gleeful vandalism. Lulz. It's also about exploiting society's disproportionate obsession regarding nudity and sex. But not with the goal of changing anything - no. It's just fun to see lives of stupid people destroyed. It's somewhat like being a pyromaniac - you like to see things burn. Though just having that mindset doesn't make you an arsonist - that's a pyromaniac that's also a sociopath.
- anonymous 14y ago
  And.. in a way it's about holding a mirror up to society. All the guy does is let you post a picture. Then the rest of society destroys lives. Over something they themselves do each night. Honestly, I understand him. This is exactly the kind of site I'd build if I were socipathic.

maratd 14y ago

> Is it the money? It's always the money. If there's no revenue stream, small sites stay small and you never hear about them.

CrossCircuit 14y ago

His nerds for days comment is quite frankly, bizarre, agreed. I feel a bit sorry for him actually though. My bet is that he was probably abused as a kid and has some real issues. If he wasn't in love with lulz so much, rather than creating some shock porn sites he'd probably join the TSA or something to get his rocks off in controlling and damaging other people. As somebody interested in peoples' motivations though, this seems puzzling. Outside of the modest burst of media attention he gets for doing it, I don't see a reason why he would add addresses to his site's pictures. The idea of mapping personally identifying information about people to certain unique numbers or addresses isn't a new concept as http://www.dirtyphonebook.com http://www.dirtyphonebook.com and other sites use numbers and things of that nature to link peoples' identities. But I think that inviting people to list an address is probably crossing one bridge too far. Unfortunate.

kls 14y ago

My own emotions are probably a really crappy guide for figuring out how that guy ticks. I would assume that you are correct, given what seems to be a bent for manipulating people and a desire for notoriety because of it as well as what appears to be an attraction to chaos (e.g violent confrontations). I would assume that this guy has a touch of some form of Antisocial Personality Disorder such as Sociopathy. It's is difficult for someone to understand how a Sociopath thinks because it is extremely foreign to how a normal person thinks. The best way to describe it is to not think of people as humans but rather look at them as a hunter looks at prey. They are a trophy or rather controlling and manipulating them is a trophy. They do not view others as equal to them and view themselves as a being unto themselves as elite if you will. It's hard to say whether or not this guys suffers from Sociopathy but he sure does have a few of the markers for it.

Jabbles 14y ago

In order for his site to succeed it will depend on thousands of "sadists" submitting content, and thousands more viewing it (and paying? or adverts?). It will be a sad day for society - the best we can do is not give his site the Oxygen of publicity.

mnicole 14y ago
A friend's ex-girlfriend was plastered on a site like this some years ago by another ex's friends. She was underage in the photos and it wouldn't surprise me if middle and high schoolers use a service like this as much if not more than those over 18 in order to shame their classmates and former flings. The publicity this is already receiving makes it more at-risk for such an audience, and so I hope that ends up being the downfall.
vampirechicken 14y ago
You must be new to the internets.
zimbatm 14y ago
It's just sex. If the society didn't regard this activity as shameful then this website wouldn't have the same kind of attraction. I imagine a website where people would post photos of people enjoying a glass of wine :)
- revoluza 14y ago
  couldnt of said this better myself - simon - http://www.revoluza-signup.com/ http://www.revoluza-signup.com/
- Jabbles 14y ago
  I wouldn't want photos of me doing anything uploaded without my permission, visible to anyone and tagged with my name and address. Just because something is private doesn't mean it's shameful.
  - zimbatm 14y ago

anonymous 14y ago

Some men just want to watch the world burn. And it's not about "sending a message", it's just gleeful vandalism. Lulz. It's also about exploiting society's disproportionate obsession regarding nudity and sex. But not with the goal of changing anything - no. It's just fun to see lives of stupid people destroyed. It's somewhat like being a pyromaniac - you like to see things burn. Though just having that mindset doesn't make you an arsonist - that's a pyromaniac that's also a sociopath.

anonymous 14y ago
And.. in a way it's about holding a mirror up to society. All the guy does is let you post a picture. Then the rest of society destroys lives. Over something they themselves do each night. Honestly, I understand him. This is exactly the kind of site I'd build if I were socipathic.