Founder Poole is done, done, done, and who can blame him? 4channers’ response to the buyer: a new board, titled “F-you, Hiroyuki Nishimura.” 
Tag Archives: Social networks
Why it’s not a good idea to leave your fiancée for someone you met online
Good job that the jilted fiancée was on the ball. Rebecca Lewis managed to save Paul Rusher £2,000 AND their relationship.
Snapchat, less ghostly than ever, now lets you pay to replay snaps
The paid replay option only allows you to replay any given snap once, but that’s still one more time than you might expect for an image that’s supposed to “disappear” after it’s viewed.
Child abuser sextortionist hijacked victims’ Facebook and email accounts
James S. Allen, sentenced to 262 months in prison, sent victims to a phishing site set disguised as a Flickr log-in site.
Anti-refugee posts prompt Facebook to launch hate speech taskforce
Hate speech is illegal in Germany, which has criticized Facebook for sluggish takedowns of anti-refugee posts vs. fast takedowns of nudity.
Autoplaying video of journalists’ murders gives Facebook, Twitter users pause
Social media users unwillingly witnessed video of the murders of two television journalists yesterday, due to a default feature on Facebook and Twitter that plays videos automatically. Here’s how to turn “autoplay” off.
Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace guilty of sending 27 million messages
“Spam King” Sanford Wallace admitted sending 27 million emails through 500,000 compromised Facebook accounts. Now he faces three years behind bars.
Facebook threats against Pokémon World Championships lead to arrests in Boston
Two men are being held without bail after they allegedly made threats on Facebook promising violence against attendees of the Pokémon World Championships.
Amazon bans Flash ads – but not for the reason you may have hoped!
Amazon has said “No” to Flash – but the aim is to improve your experience, not your security. Nevertheless, it’s a ban on Flash.
Updated privacy policies – do you check what’s changed?
A Forbes writer decided to take a careful look at the changes in the new Spotify privacy policy. He checked, but did you?