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CommentWednesday, June 20, 2007

Digg Mob Strikes Again

3 Comments

By Phillip Hullquist (WPN reader) - Sun, 08/12/2007 - 17:35

Problems and Solutions

The problem is that police aren't interested in investigating theft. They write up a report and that's it. Amanda was named as a suspect for the theft before I ever saw the camcorder for sale online. When that evidence was found, police still refused to investigate before "internet evidence can be forged." What's so hard about issuing a search warrant and looking for the missing property? What is the next step in getting stolen property returned? The police suggested I just put out another $2000 and buy a new camcorder. Clearly, they don't care...

By Aboyd (WPN reader) - Wed, 06/20/2007 - 23:55

Even after your article, I still support Digg

The thing is, even if the police wouldn't pursue his claim, he DID present evidence -- she (or someone who hacked her account, as it was her username that was used) did in fact post a camcorder up for auction, 5 days after he reported the theft.

For that reason, I'd say that even if the police didn't act, it did NOT mean that she was innocent. The auction page is still in Google's cache! People can see it for themselves! It's not like the guy just said "get her" -- there were supporting documents. In addition, his video made it clear that he wanted people to be exceedingly polite and NOT make threats. So based upon all of this, I continue to support him, and I continue to think that those defending her were suckered.

By Jason Lee Miller (WPN reader) - Thu, 06/21/2007 - 08:06

good points

The only thing is that she hasn't been charged, and though we might suspect or believe, there is still the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Diggers assumed guilt and went on the offensive.

Whether she did or not is moot at this point. Hullquist did something wrong for certain, which is post someone's personal information online without their consent and incited a sort of riot. Just because you ask a crowd to be civil, doesn't mean it's going to happen. In fact, would say it's unreasonable to think it won't get out of hand, especially in a group of young people.

Like for example, this crowd:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Crash_Assault.html

Humans are less than 2 percent away from chimps, and they often act like it.