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When the news broke Saturday, the user from Florida reposted the information, with a note to administrators that said: “Is that enough proof for you [expletives]? I was right. You were WRONG.
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Some anonymous asshole contributor on Wikipedia (via NYT)
The trend of citizen journalism that the social web has allowed is overall a good thing. However the problem that I have been seeing more of recently is that people are so excited to get their 10 seconds of fame on Wikipedia, TechCrunch, etc., that they are not thinking about the consequences behind their actions. Hopefully time will begin to calm the “shoot first, aim later” approach that many citizen journalists are taking.
Too bad the web is not like grade school where you would just beat a snitch up…
