Jesse Robbins
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6 months ago
in The cable cuts: Get out the foil hats on Mathew's comments
Mathew,
Thank you for understanding the nuance in this situation and for helping spread the word. It's amazing how much steam this built up in such a short amount of time. After I made my first post on Saturday, I followed it up with a conspiracy post because I find these sorts of things are both interesting and possible. However I ended up editing it once the the reverb in the echo-chamber reached critical mass. It is particularly irritating that the digg and slashdot posts weren't meaningfully corrected once it was clear that the "iran is off the internet" headline simply wasn't true. If there is a conspiracy it's for website hits.
Thank you for understanding the nuance in this situation and for helping spread the word. It's amazing how much steam this built up in such a short amount of time. After I made my first post on Saturday, I followed it up with a conspiracy post because I find these sorts of things are both interesting and possible. However I ended up editing it once the the reverb in the echo-chamber reached critical mass. It is particularly irritating that the digg and slashdot posts weren't meaningfully corrected once it was clear that the "iran is off the internet" headline simply wasn't true. If there is a conspiracy it's for website hits.
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entire countries getting cut off and dark theories about evil empires
make for better traffic than stories about how there's no conspiracy.