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Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by ajays »

tbirdz wrote: post #8
freeslave wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

he ruined his own life.

blame the victim mentality.

Why is he a victim? He chose to make his identity known to people! He attended Reddit meetups. People knew him.

Was he not aware that he was trolling and doing nasty stuff? If he was unaware, then I can understand him feeling like a victim; but he was fully aware that his actions were considered abhorrent by many people, and still persisted. So, naturally, people want to know who this person is, what makes him tick, etc.

Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by swordswinger12 »

taytus wrote: post #6

I'm not blaming Reddit for what this guy posted, but the truth is that Reddit encouraged this kind of posts (they gave him an award!). Let's see how this affect reddit in the future.

The awards were based on community voting, Reddit had no control over who won.

Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by w1ntermute »

sergiotapia wrote: post #4

On the one hand I feel bad for his wife, she's suffering over something she had nothing to do with. Her husband lost his job and now she has no health care insurance. On the other hand, this guy was posting a TON of offensive, downright disgusting content. He was stupid enough to share his personal information with someone online, that's his fault. Doing stupid shit online + sharing who you are in real life (even to…

> now she has no health care insurance.

More than anything else, this is yet another condemnation of the American health care system.

Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by themstheones »

swordswinger12 wrote: post #12
taytus wrote: post #6

I'm not blaming Reddit for what this guy posted, but the truth is that Reddit encouraged this kind of posts (they gave him an award!). Let's see how this affect reddit in the future.

The awards were based on community voting, Reddit had no control over who won.

But Reddit is more about the community than the organization that runs it.

Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by JGNWW »

themstheones wrote: post #15
swordswinger12 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The awards were based on community voting, Reddit had no control over who won.

But Reddit is more about the community than the organization that runs it.

Which is all fine and dandy, but I'm pretty sure that the community isn't seeing many of those ad dollars.

Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by icebraining »

jimmybrite wrote: post #3
freeslave wrote: post #2

this whole thing has really turned me off reddit. i blocked it in my /etc/hosts and my productivity has gone way up. also, makes me appreciate the efforts of HN to keep things civil and intelligent - even if it means a lot of my posts and comments go nowhere.

Doxxing him and ruining his life was okay then? Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits which you have the liberty NOT to go to?

Even though he didn't post or created those creepy subreddits

What? VA certainly did create a lot of them (e.g. /r/PicsOfDeadJailbait) and he moderated and posted on most.

(This is not a post pro or against the recent events)

Re: Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez' (video)

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Post by meritt »

nicholas_tuzzio wrote: post #14

I really wish people would stop posting about this most recent bout of reddit drama on HN. Are people not noticing that every article so far has been deleted?

Huh. I didn't view this as a Reddit vs. HN elitism post. I viewed it as a solid example of the inherent problems with balancing anonymity, legality of content and freedom of speech on a user-generated website.
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