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Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by jakobegger »

ars wrote: post #32
_sdegutis wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the kind words, and glad to hear it made an impression! The code is sitting here on my computer just waiting to be deployed again, but it would have to be somewhere those demonic trolls can find. That said, they don't go to HN and I do own the domain name for another year, so maybe a subdomain is in order... EDIT: (Apparently my HN account is rate-limited so I can't reply directly.) How about this: anyone…

Is there a way to federate to HN logins? Only open it to HN members? Or at least invite only?

I found it!

https://hn.editfight.com

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by Firefishy »

mvexel wrote: post #33

Looks like https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/61555047 may have been the source of this. It's the only changeset in the history of OSM for the area that contains the offending term. It's from August 10, and was reverted on August 11 in https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/61556585

Correct. The vandalism was reverted within 2 hours and a data update publish a minute or 2 later. Mapbox import the original vandalism change only today for some reason and there seems to have been a delay in importing the revert.

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by Firefishy »

linsomniac wrote: post #19

We are just finishing building out our OSM infrastructure, and this morning in the shower I was thinking how nice it is that we can fix the maps by adding new construction and new roads (we do real estate for part of our state), and contribute this directly to OSM and then update tiles from OSM. Then I came in to read this story. Yesterday we were trying to figure out what our update strategy would be, if we would pu…

The vandalism was reverted in 2 hours over 20 days ago. If Mapbox had stayed current with the diffs we publish, the vandalism would have been gone in a blink.

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by krapp »

village-idiot wrote: post #18
_sdegutis wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've come to the conclusion that at least 1% of users are actively malicious with at least enough free time, resources, and coordination of a small full time team of professionals. I created and hosted a free self-moderated community which went well for a little while, until at least a couple people became obsessed with spamming the site with extreme gore (see the Mr. OP comment in http://old.reddit.com/r/editfight w…

In the long run, I can’t help but wonder if creating the internet was a mistake. We’ve effectively encouraged the absolute worst elements of society to come out and have a field day without the social pushback that had kept them in line for millennia.

>We’ve effectively encouraged the absolute worst elements of society to come out and have a field day without the social pushback that had kept them in line for millennia.

We've also effectively given everyone else access to information, communication and opportunities to expand their worldview that have been more profoundly transformational than even the printing press.

No, creating the internet was not a mistake, any more than any means of mass communication is a mistake because it can be misused as well as used wisely. Without the internet, global culture would be entirely controlled, centralized and limited by media conglomerates, digital rights management and distribution by physical media, and our means of mass communication limited to telephones. The same internet that grants freedom of expression to the "absolute worst elements of society" grants it to you and I as well.

The internet is just a network, but I believe the good it's done for humanity has far outweighed the ill.

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by krapp »

village-idiot wrote: post #40
xeromal wrote: post #31

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If you combine that, social media, and porn, how much of the internet is still 'wholesome'? I think niche forums are my favorite part of the internet left.

I genuinely think Social Media is going to get us all killed. Porn might prevent the next generation from being born, worst case.

>Porn might prevent the next generation from being born, worst case.

You know it's possible to watch porn and have sexual relationships with other people though, right?

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by village-idiot »

krapp wrote: post #47
village-idiot wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I genuinely think Social Media is going to get us all killed. Porn might prevent the next generation from being born, worst case.

>Porn might prevent the next generation from being born, worst case. You know it's possible to watch porn and have sexual relationships with other people though, right?

Worst case, not expected case.

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by krapp »

village-idiot wrote: post #48
krapp wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Porn might prevent the next generation from being born, worst case. You know it's possible to watch porn and have sexual relationships with other people though, right?

Worst case, not expected case.

Worst case scenarios have to at least be possible. I don't believe it's possible that internet porn can or will 'prevent the next generation from being born', so I reject it as a valid worst case.

Re: Mapbox CEO says the map calling New York City ‘Jewtropolis’ has been 100% fixed

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Post by Razengan »

village-idiot wrote: post #18
_sdegutis wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've come to the conclusion that at least 1% of users are actively malicious with at least enough free time, resources, and coordination of a small full time team of professionals. I created and hosted a free self-moderated community which went well for a little while, until at least a couple people became obsessed with spamming the site with extreme gore (see the Mr. OP comment in http://old.reddit.com/r/editfight w…

In the long run, I can’t help but wonder if creating the internet was a mistake. We’ve effectively encouraged the absolute worst elements of society to come out and have a field day without the social pushback that had kept them in line for millennia.

Did you somehow miss all the bad things that came to light mostly thanks to the internet, after having a field day "for millennia" without any social pushback to keep them in line?

Like the sexual abuse in Hollywood, for one example.

Do you really prefer the "absolute worst elements of society" to remain hidden rather than come out?

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