Archived Virginia Shooting Exposes the Dark Side of Instant Sharing (wired.com)
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Archived Virginia Shooting Exposes the Dark Side of Instant Sharing (wired.com)
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[–] FuttsMcButts 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
I'm pretty sure him waiting for the camera to pan back to his victims before unloaded reached more people than his limited social media accounts. Also how is being caught up on whats happening in the real world a dark side of internet sharing?
[–] ChillyHellion [S] 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
That's a good point, and I don't like the way they glossed over the live TV broadcast in the article. I think their angle is that the prevalence of auto-play and easy sharing make it difficult to stop a graphic story from spreading. I don't agree with that angle because I don't think social media networks should play nanny goat over what content can be shared and what stories go viral. But I do think that better tools should be made available on these networks for sharing NSFW content. Voat does it, and Facebook/Twitter should accept the fact that NSFW content is going to be shared regardless.