Again...if it's not fair game, then Twitter ought to change the wording of its rules to reflect that.
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Catherine Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > ** > > 1. Re: Independent UK Critic of NBC has Twitter account > suspended after network complains > > All of this endless literalist parsing of whether you can or cannot find > the NBC executive's > email easily through Google or not is losing sight of the bigger picture > of why Twitter or any > social media platform would have a policy about not publicizing personal > information -- *so > as not to subject people to harassment*. THAT is the point. We all realize > that if you > dredge through Google using tricks like trying variations of a person's > name and their known > company domain, you can likely hit on their email, or it might show up in > a conference list or > something in search and technically "be there". So what? > > The point is, this email was *not* put on a public web page for the public > to contact with complaints. > So it's not fair game. Adams is behaving like a common Anonymous script > kiddie trying to incite > "The Internet" to flashmob this executive he believes responsible for a > policy he doesn't like (remember > when Anonymous went after A&T executives like that when they thought AT&T > was responsible for > taking 4chan down?) > > That's just infantile. There's no need to harass somebody in person or > even crash their mail server -- > there are other avenues such as petition-writing or contacting the > customer service public-facing > officials. > > There's that -- and then there's the entitlement-happy craze for instant > on-demand Internet entertainment > without regard for how companies are supposed to make money. If NBC delays > their airing of sports > until prime time, it's because they can sell ads better that way. What's > the plan for them making money > off a live Internet stream? Most Internet ads don't make return as > broadcast media ads -- it's a real problem > for how the media will survive. The notion that "loads of people show up > at prime time anyway" or "only > some geeks know how to tunnel with VPN" just aren't valid arguments -- if > people show up anyway, it > may not be for long once the means of circumvention spread, and it isn't > just a few people anyway. Indeed, > people like Adams think they can organize crowds by inciting Twitter. > > Finally, there's the question of journalism. Since when does a journalist > also get to consider himself a > professional, and also incite flashmob protests on the Internet? Oh, since > social media made it "ok" > > _______________________________________________ > liberationtech mailing list > [email protected] > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > > Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech > -- *+1-857-891-4244 |** jilliancyork.com | @jilliancyork * "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality" - *Vaclav Havel*
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