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Every time I come across the whole pirate bay situation, I can't help but feel like it started as a joke that everyone took seriously and it spiraled out of con

by Batsu 17y ago

Every time I come across the whole pirate bay situation, I can't help but feel like it started as a joke that everyone took seriously and it spiraled out of control. Does anyone else feel like this or is it just me?

nop 17y ago
It started as a hobby project and they are quite insistent that it still is, it's just an extremely popular hobby project. The whole thing is essentially run in a crowd-sourcing "I can improve/change that, so I will"-type of way. So substitute joke for hobby and you are spot on.