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What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

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Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#21
There is more to 4chan than just /b/.

Yes, /b/ seems to be the only reason people hear or know about 4chan. But /b/ has done this sort of stuff in the past for massive 'lulz', and they have also stopped stuff like animal cruelty, or even that one kid who decided to post a pic of his feet in people's salad (which got him fired).

Good times here, http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tom-green-raids

There's another 50 boards on 4chan ranging from animals to papercraft. Explore.

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

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post #7

"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.

That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.

I dunno, it seems like the most changeable cause of her distress is her choice to taunt a bunch of known . . . bad elements of internet society. That doesn't make it good that this happened to her, but it's also a true observation.

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#23
post #7

"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.

That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.

In this instance, I do blame the victim for creating this situation (assuming she wasn't set up). She taunted /b/. (If you read her sign, it says "you will never reveal my true identity.") This is not a case of a person going about their own business and being arbitrarily targeted. Of course, I don't condone what 4channers did, but she asked for it by taunting a well-known group of trolls.

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#24

without looking too much into this... she runs a porn channel, has an understanding of how /b/ works, and is now getting a ton of publicity? am I missing a detail here or is she getting exactly what she wants

True, this isn't 14 yr old Jessi Slaughter. However, spreading her paid porn videos around for free must make a dent in all of this.

I don't know if the publicity will be worth it if they're desecrating graves now.

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#25
post #7

"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.

That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.

So if I were to walk up to the huge guy with tree trunks for arms who is notoriously ill-tempered and violent, and then proceed to call him names, would I be a blameless victim who had his teeth knocked out for no good reason?

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#26
post #13

"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.

Actually, I kind of like this analogy. If 4chan are bears, that means they don't have any moral responsibility, and it's okay to shoot them.

How did you go from "bears have no moral responsibility" to "it's okay to shoot bears"?

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#27
post #13

"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.

Actually, I kind of like this analogy. If 4chan are bears, that means they don't have any moral responsibility, and it's okay to shoot them.

haha, "bears do not have any moral responsibility, therefore, it is ok to shoot them". What!? Don't let PETA hear that.

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#28
post #7

"I think I will poke this bear with this pointed stick I'm holding ... what could go wrong?" Not defending 4Chan here but, wow, this is "walking alone in the bad part of town at midnight" type of stupid.

That's not even dangerously close to blaming the victim; that is blaming the victim.

Sometimes, a victim deserves blame. If you run through the bad part of town shouting racial slurs at the inhabitants and calling them cowards, you can certainly be blamed for provoking what likely happens afterwards.

Note that blame is not a zero-sum game. Blaming the victim does not diminish the blame assigned to the attackers, nor does it in any way justify what they do.

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#29

without looking too much into this... she runs a porn channel, has an understanding of how /b/ works, and is now getting a ton of publicity? am I missing a detail here or is she getting exactly what she wants

I think you are missing a massive detail here, quite a few.

What concerns me a little more than how the poorly developed people on /b seem to be deciding that targeting people just by association is acceptable for retaliation, is whats going to happen when they annoy someone that's living in a less digital world.. Ergo, someone that actually isn't afraid of using the virtual ante and responding physically

Re: What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich

#30

without looking too much into this... she runs a porn channel, has an understanding of how /b/ works, and is now getting a ton of publicity? am I missing a detail here or is she getting exactly what she wants

That was clearly her initial intention - "If you want to see more, come see me at *.com." But it would appear she "misunderestimated" how far /b/ would take this.
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