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Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by batch12 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

Quarrelsome wrote: post #219

batch12 wrote: post #196

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> "downvote when disagreeing" could lead to structural discrimination against minorities. I don't see what I wrote as a willful misinterpretation. I guess I could have added sexist, homophobic, etc to the list. As for downvoting in general, I may not be able to fully appreciate your argument because of a fundamental difference in expectations. I don't really care about downvotes or upvotes or any other fake internet…

> I don't see what I wrote as a willful misinterpretation. You were acting exasperated that I mentioned race but the example I chose wasn't relevant to the discussion. Apologies for choosing a contentious subject but in my defence you did write. > This seems to be the final argument nowadays when all else fails. Where you are stating my points have all failed and I'm grasping at straws: RUDE. > I don't really care ab…

I don't think we'll come to an agreement, but I appreciate you taking the time to explain your perspective.

Edit: And I apologize if what I wrote came off as rude. It was more an observation of current events that got directed at you. I'll try and do better.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by agency » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

zinclozenge wrote: post #197

agency wrote: post #184

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I found his “origin story” very interesting too. One theory I’ve heard for foot fetishism, which is the most common bodily fetish by far I believe, is essentially a neural equivalent of crossed-wires: Brain areas associated with the feet and with genitals being next to one another. His anecdote felt like an environmental thing though, with him having these foot-centric formative experiences. Though I guess you could…

I heard that crossed wires theory and I just don’t believe it. For me the simplest explanation is that there’s an entire industry built around selling sexy women’s footwear (heels) that draws attention to the foot, so it really shouldn’t be a surprise.

Yeah the whole "mapping of brain region to concept" feels very over-simplistic so it's hard to know what to make of it.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by will4274 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:24 PM UTC

ZoomZoomZoom wrote: post #68

camillomiller wrote: post #38

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I do not agree. These are photos posted publicly on Instagram or Facebook. Anyone could see them. This website just aggregates them, but there's technically a live link to these pictures. And no, the fact that someone uploads them to a service whose ToS they have accepted makes no difference. You're posting something publicly? To me that's explicit consent that you want people to see them. If those pics were behind e…

>You're posting something publicly? To me that's explicit consent that you want people to see them. To see them where I posted them . Pictures are an intellectual property of the author, if a person wants other people to spread them, he/she needs to explicitly set the allowing license. Copyright, fair use and such is a hot and nuanced topic, but the bottom line here is that personal pictures getting shared is not wha…

> intellectual property of the author

Don't you assign this copyright to the social media service? Legally, if your Facebook photos get posted to another site, I think Facebook gets to complain, but not you - you signed those photos away, for Facebook to use for any purpose they like (even including a foot fetish website).

I don't disagree with you on what people expect, but it's worth reiterating that reality does not match their expectations. Facebook owns your Facebook photos, not you.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by Der_Einzige » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:24 PM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #134

severak_cz wrote: post #7

For every weird niche hobby there is a guy who is creating literal database of something with almost scientific precision. Mix it with rule 34 and you got things like WikiFeet or some Czech site which is literal database of nude scenes in our whole cinema history (sorted by movies, actresses and director including screencaps of course).

Case in point being e621 ( https://e621.net/posts , or https://e926.net/posts to auto-filter NSFW) The thing that makes me double-take is the consistency, breadth and depth, and liveness of the tag system. Like, I want this level of OCD, meets del.icio.us, meets HN.

There's more than just e621! There's a whole set of -boorus that's work exactly like this!

Rule34.xxx, gelbooru, danbooru. Truly a wonderful world we live in!

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by Der_Einzige » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:27 PM UTC

o_p wrote: post #126

How come theres no Smell Transfer Protocol yet

Isn't this what the brapper crypto is for? /S

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by finexplained » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:40 PM UTC

Tarsul wrote: post #213

finexplained wrote: post #182

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> there are people who don’t experience “this thing is good, i wish to contribute” or “this has brought me joy, i wish to give something back” I have literally never experienced this feeling. I've thought about why I haven't a lot, and for me I think it's because I have no inherent sense of "community".

Imagine you are reading wikipedia every day for years and really like its content and it gives a lot to you and then suddenly you see grave mistakes on some of the sites (like when I saw that wikipedia had the wrong year for nicolas cage's oscar win!), wouldn't you go "out of your way" to fix these mistakes? I mean wouldn't it annoy the living hell out of you to know that this mistake lives on while you go on consumi…

I have actually spent considerable amounts of time reading math related wikipedia articles in graduate school, though those tend to be well written and researched. More often you find ways that things could be explained more clearly.

No, the thought wouldn't even occur to me. I'd just recognize the mistake and move on to what I was doing at the time.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by freewilly1040 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:43 PM UTC

camillomiller wrote: post #38

yosito wrote: post #33

TIL there's a wiki website for foot fetishists. I believe everyone has a right to their own fetishes. Nothing wrong with being into feet. But the thing that really puts me off about this interview and the WikiFeet website is the lack of consent. Uploading photos of someone without their consent is wrong. The fact that the purpose is to satisfy a fetish adds an extra layer of creepy. Regardless of how the interviewer…

I do not agree. These are photos posted publicly on Instagram or Facebook. Anyone could see them. This website just aggregates them, but there's technically a live link to these pictures. And no, the fact that someone uploads them to a service whose ToS they have accepted makes no difference. You're posting something publicly? To me that's explicit consent that you want people to see them. If those pics were behind e…

Let’s say you have a LinkedIn profile picture, and someone posts that picture to a site about people who look like they might be pedophiles. Would you be ok with that?

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by kevincox » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

freewilly1040 wrote: post #227

camillomiller wrote: post #38

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I do not agree. These are photos posted publicly on Instagram or Facebook. Anyone could see them. This website just aggregates them, but there's technically a live link to these pictures. And no, the fact that someone uploads them to a service whose ToS they have accepted makes no difference. You're posting something publicly? To me that's explicit consent that you want people to see them. If those pics were behind e…

Let’s say you have a LinkedIn profile picture, and someone posts that picture to a site about people who look like they might be pedophiles. Would you be ok with that?

That is very different. That is implying that you may be a pedofile which is unpleasant whether or not there is a photo and whether or no anyone else even sees it.

This is saying that you have nice feet, which may make some people uncomfortable, and isn't necessary "right", but is completely different.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by kevincox » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

furyg3 wrote: post #85

camillomiller wrote: post #38

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I do not agree. These are photos posted publicly on Instagram or Facebook. Anyone could see them. This website just aggregates them, but there's technically a live link to these pictures. And no, the fact that someone uploads them to a service whose ToS they have accepted makes no difference. You're posting something publicly? To me that's explicit consent that you want people to see them. If those pics were behind e…

Sorry, but no. First there is the question of licensing. The users are posting (and site is hosting) images that they (presumably) don't have licenses to use or permission to post to that site. A photograph being publicly available does not put it in the public domain, and certainly doesn't mean that a site is licensed to run ads on it (though even without financial gain it would still not be legally ok). The very fi…

I don't think the original poster is talking about licensing. It is an issue, but not unique to sites like this and not relevant to the parent's concerns. What if this site just linked to the photos instead? I think that would still make people uncomfortable and is not illegal.

Context is the problem and it is unclear. In most countries you can't really prevent people from saying things about you. If someone wants to post online that they like you feet they are allowed to do so. I agree that when this is distilled to a database of people and their feet it feels a bit weird, but I struggle to find a point where it becomes not ok.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by freewilly1040 » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

enriquto wrote: post #95

monkey_monkey wrote: post #79

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No one is saying it's not legal. Most people here understand what libel is and what freedom of expression is. The point is that it's still a bit weird, creepy and unpleasant. This man can continue doing it, and I can continue thinking he's quite damaged.

> The point is that it's still a bit weird, creepy and unpleasant. This man can continue doing it, and I can continue thinking he's quite damaged. That's alright. I'm pretty much indifferent to the whole thing, but I still enjoyed the interview. Notice that the man may be "quite damaged", but still the first thing that he does is ask the interviewer if she was offended by her public photos being there, and offering t…

The fact that the asking bit comes after the pictures have already been repurposed is the entire point. If he would have asked beforehand and gotten permission no one would care.