Comment on Heads up, don't link to the Guardian on 5/6 December

RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, dude, just commit a cybercrime with a maximum sentence of 10 years instead of just asking people not to use the site for 48 hours. It’s genius.

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  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s why you do it in a country with no extradition treaty or cyber security.

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    • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This guy ddos’s! Well, hopefully not since it is a crime after all.

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      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Y’know, in Minecraft maybe.

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  • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s also actually effective.

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• lemmyng@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Less links = less ad impressions, less impressions = less money.

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  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can’t get ad revenue if the site’s down.

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    • sudneo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But bringing it down is 1)illegal, 2) costly (DDoS cost money), 3) not guaranteed (CDNs can be very resilient) and 4) doesn’t show the collective support that not visiting the site does.

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