Tech Buzz 4Chan's /b/ board discovers fake account creation, and suddenly a random Australian epidemiologist has 130,000 followers and counting. Their simple goal? Get Basementdad more followers than CNN or Ashton Kutcher. Godspeed, b.
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!
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.
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.