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What happens on the web does NOT stay on the web
Look, how many times do we have to tell you, the internet is not a private place? We understand when teenage kids who aren't thinking about their future post embarrassing photos on MySpace that could cost them jobs in the future. But if you're a grownup, shouldn't you be thinking twice about posting potentially inappropriate content online?
There does seem to be some question as to whether London Tube announcer Emma Clarke was fired purely for posting funny announcements on her site, or if it was because she as bad-mouthing her client in the press. But the truth of the matter is, it probably wasn't a good idea to poke fun at the train system or passengers in a public forum while drawing a paycheck.
Fortunately for Clarke, she appears to be a freelance writer and voiceover artist. And something tells me that the publicity she's getting for this whole dust up will keep her working for a little while. If her mock announcements were just a bit funnier, maybe she could get work as a comedian. But honestly, most her jokes just weren't all that funny.
[via Boing Boing]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Robert H said 4:46PM on 11-28-2007
A little clarification:
http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.2746.2
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Monkey said 10:25PM on 11-28-2007
.... "fired for posting spoof messages on her website"
Some reports may state that, but the BBC has this quote from a London Underground spokeman, which makes it clear that her spoof announcements are not why she was fired:
"It's not because of the spoof announcements. It's because she has criticised the Underground system."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7113545.stm
The real reason is that LU believe that she criticised their service.
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Lee said 10:31PM on 11-28-2007
> "It's not because of the spoof announcements. It's because she has criticised the Underground system."
If criticism is discouraged to this extent, there's no feedback about actual problems which means that unless the underground was perfect when created, chances are it's now in dire need of criticism.
You know there's a problem when criticism is discouraged :D
Is this a variant of the Streisand effect?
Samuel said 1:38PM on 11-29-2007
"most her jokes just weren't all that funny" right, I think I understood what you just wrote. I hate to say “British humour” but it is, tough. As a resident of London and a daily user of the underground I can appreciate this even more.
More the fool you.
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Isaac Rabinovitch said 10:25PM on 12-09-2007
Another bit of misinformation passed on by Cory Doctorow.
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