The NYTimes had an
interesting follow-up on the
Crazy Yalie that Kyla posted about earlier.
Mr. Vayner’s experience shows the not-so-friendly side of the social-networking phenomenon. While sites such as YouTube allow aspiring comedians or filmmakers to share their creations with millions of others, they also provide the ideal forum for embarrassing someone on a global scale. Materials can quickly make the rounds on blogs, via e-mail and through online hangouts like MySpace, becoming all but impossible to contain.
In spite of it seeming like a well-deserved lesson in humility for the guy, the brutality of an Internet age stoning really is frightening to behold. So I was feeling sorry for him until I read this part, which I suppose was predictable.
Mr. Vayner and his lawyer, Christian P. Stueben, said they were exploring legal options against the investment banks to which he sent the application.
I suspect there will be a number of legal cases that are going to establish some sort of legal precedents around what is and is not acceptable behavior in this realm. For example, what do you do when you find yourself on the
Don't Date This Guy black list?
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They're on the right side of the page where they've always been. I can see them using Firefox on the Mac and PC, IE on the PC, and Safari on the Mac, so I'm not sure how to diagnose their disappearance for you -- unless it's to suggest open your window a bit wider ;).
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