Buzz Tagged
4chan
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Web Trolls
Tech Buzz Great piece on web trolls in New York Times Magazine. I bet this article gets turned into a book or movie - who can resist the human drama, the shady subculture, and the cast of interesting, smart, amoral characters? Nice reporting Mr. Mattathias Schwartz!
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Totally Looks Like
Tech Buzz The creators of I Can Has Cheezburger? have launched their sixth comedy site where readers juxtapose celebrity faces with their unlikely doppelgängers. Oh, those LOLcat guys really know how to help you waste more time at work.
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ǝlƃooƃ noʎ ʞɔnɟ
Tech Buzz Mischievous geeks are manipulating Google Trends to make offensive words appear to be hot search trends. First the number one result was a swastika symbol. Then the words “fuck you google” flipped backwards to get past the spam filters. Some say the 4chan bulletin is causing the problem by picking offensive words and getting the whole community to search for them — thereby creating a self-fulfilling Google trend. Personally we would never do anything like that because we think sʞɔoɹ spuǝɹʇ ǝlƃooƃ.
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Christopher Poole
Tech Buzz The man who started the internet meme-machine and creator of LOLcat, 4chan, at age 15 was profiled in the Wall Street Journal. He’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma. In researching him, I feel like I’ve delved into the seedy internet underground of teenage boydom.
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