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Gawker, Reddit, Free Speech and Such

16 Oct

Reblogged from Whatever:

I've been watching with some interest the drama surrounding Gawker writer Adrian Chen revealing Reddit user/celeb/moderator/troll Violentacrez's real life identity (Michael Brutsch), which among other things resulted in Brutsch losing his job, presumably because Brutsch's employer was not 100% comfortable employing someone who spent his days moderating online forums with titles like "Chokeabitch" and bragged about the time his 19-year-old stepdaughter performed oral sex on him.

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Also known as "Actions have Consequences, Dickweed". Or perhaps "You Don't Get to Take a Shit Then Expect Us to Clean It Up Because ZOMG FREE SPEECH".
 
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Posted by on October 16, 2012 in The Internet

 

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