Brian
05-04-2007, 09:23 AM
The Internet Riot has gone back to World of Warcraft (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/11534/The+Internet+Riot+has+gone+back+to+World+of+Warcra ft/)
"So Digg did something that protected their interests, so that they could continue to earn their living and all that and not get crushed by the DMCA. I have little issue with that. To be honest, I've been ignoring what's going on with the HD-DVD key and Digg and the people who love/hate them.
I really hate how many people are calling this an "Internet Riot".
Let's go past the fact that if this were a riotous event spawned by Internet activity, there would still be people, all over the world, smashing cars, flipping them over, destroying public places and damaging any and all property at arm's reach. That's not even what's going on symbologically. I may have made up that word. The point is that Digg isn't getting demolished, other neighboring social networks aren't suffering any wandering flames, and most importantly, the FBI isn't hunting down any out-of-control script kiddies.
This isn't a riot, nothing's in need of rebuilding, and honestly, I think most people have kind of changed the subject already. We just saw a bunch of Internet monkeys flinging poo. We've all done it before, (metaphorically, dear God I mean metaphorically) but if we plan on living near this series of tubes we're going to have to ignore this stuff.
For the next couple of weeks, though, we're going to see a lot of people who are crapping into their palms as I write this--Ars, don't think I'm not looking in your direction--but Jesus, it's just a website. You can ape up for the next round of high-level scat-slinging, or, you know, <em>go outside, it's spring, and all beautiful 'n' stuff</em>.
For the first time in my life I will endorse World of Warcraft as the better pastime."
"So Digg did something that protected their interests, so that they could continue to earn their living and all that and not get crushed by the DMCA. I have little issue with that. To be honest, I've been ignoring what's going on with the HD-DVD key and Digg and the people who love/hate them.
I really hate how many people are calling this an "Internet Riot".
Let's go past the fact that if this were a riotous event spawned by Internet activity, there would still be people, all over the world, smashing cars, flipping them over, destroying public places and damaging any and all property at arm's reach. That's not even what's going on symbologically. I may have made up that word. The point is that Digg isn't getting demolished, other neighboring social networks aren't suffering any wandering flames, and most importantly, the FBI isn't hunting down any out-of-control script kiddies.
This isn't a riot, nothing's in need of rebuilding, and honestly, I think most people have kind of changed the subject already. We just saw a bunch of Internet monkeys flinging poo. We've all done it before, (metaphorically, dear God I mean metaphorically) but if we plan on living near this series of tubes we're going to have to ignore this stuff.
For the next couple of weeks, though, we're going to see a lot of people who are crapping into their palms as I write this--Ars, don't think I'm not looking in your direction--but Jesus, it's just a website. You can ape up for the next round of high-level scat-slinging, or, you know, <em>go outside, it's spring, and all beautiful 'n' stuff</em>.
For the first time in my life I will endorse World of Warcraft as the better pastime."