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Webdev, coffee drinker and all that
http://coffeesounds.com
Webdev, coffee drinker and all that
Businesses are not your friends. Businesses are not ethical entities. Businesses do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Businesses exist to milk you of as much of your money as possible. The only sane reaction for the average person is a similar one: I want to deprive businesses of my money. I want to get as much from them as I can, while giving up as little as possible.
Very good article about blocking ad-block (and similar tools). I have to say I agree with everything what's written by the author.
What I find most disturbing is that when it becomes obvious that many "news" sites are simply pulling stories off of google trends and getting the facts wrong, it is 4chan that gets blamed simply for finding amusing to screw with people.
Also, it seems odd that they refer to 4chan as a cohesive group. 4chan is not only /b/, and /b/ is just a bunch of random people dicking around. Yeah, they're fucked up. But that's what they're for. /b/ is the internet incarnate, where everyone is anonymous, where the darkest and most pure forms of human expression have equal weight, with no repercussions. When Anonymous does something, it is not for glory. It is not even for infamy. It is for the lulz. When they point out the weaknesses in the news system; when they vote Bieber into going to North Korea; when they post the most disgusting images to ever be taken; they do it because that is what they want. They are truly free.
If they shut down 4chan, the internet will lose one of its most important bastions. Yes, the world would be a safer place. But it would be a less amusing place.
