quote:Honestly though, I think the thing that most bothers me about the whole site is the publicness of it. The fact that it's posted on the internet for all to see. And the fact that the poster doesn't even know and hasn't even interacted with the people he's shredding.
Exactly. When you are teasing a friend, there is a line between laughing with them and laughing at them. As long as the teasing stays within the space where your friend is able to laugh with you -- it can be funny. When you cross the line to laughing at a friend its mean.
On this website, there is no doubt what side of the line we are on. We are expected to laugh at this people not with them. I think that's true whenever we poke fun at strangers.
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If I'm not mistaket there is a tort that covers the appropriation of one's image for commercial purposes. Both the website and any book would likely create liability for the author.
Now I should mention I didn't read the second page of posts because I really don't care that much and this particular tort isn't one that we studied in class so if Dag already commented all the better
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