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This is (I would guess) a direct response to something that occurred last week. There was a "photo meme" being passed around on facebook, showing a photo of a g
by nakedrobot2 13y ago
This is (I would guess) a direct response to something that occurred last week. There was a "photo meme" being passed around on facebook, showing a photo of a girl with her mouth taped, with the caption "tape her and rape her". Someone made a screenshot of this, with an add for Audible on the page.
A shitstorm ensued, with people blaming Audible and/or Facebook for showing an ad next to such an image (it's rather hard to parse a meme photo for what text is actually written on the image, right?) You can see more info about this on a google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=facebook+audible+tape+her+and+rape+her https://www.google.com/search?q=facebook+audible+tape+her+an...
I guess Audible has leaned heavily on Facebook to respond to what has apparently been a very difficult PR issue for them.
Disclosure: I have nothing to do with Facebook or Audible, I am just passing on what I have heard from people involved.
- user24 13y agoUseful background info, thanks. > it's rather hard to parse a meme photo for what text is actually written on the image, right? Actually it's trivial, but I suspect it's just not being done because most pictures on facebook don't have text so why would facebook bother?
- jrabone 13y agoDoesn't Reddit's meme caption bot actually do this, or is it in fact a human? SFW example: http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/1f8ld3/worked_as_a_barista_for_4_years_more_people_need/ca7ty5d.compact http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/1f8ld3/worked... EDIT: ah, no, it just scrapes QuickMeme's UI for the entered text. Oh well...