What is Digg?356 Comments
- liquidpele, on 12/18/2007, -17/+600Just wanted to point out I was right - as seen here:
http://digg.com/software/Kid_gets_detention_for_us ...
So for those who buried me - suck it! - inactive, on 12/18/2007, -21/+320BS I saw pictures so it really did happen.
- pbealmear, on 12/18/2007, -11/+299Thank you diggers for all the E-mails and name calling.
If I could I would issue a detention to each and everyone of you who mailed or called our school. Instead a handwritten apology sent to the school will be accepted. Please write:
"I am sorry Ms. Bealmear, I will not be fooled by an Internet hoax again."
Hand written, 20 times, by Friday 4pm.
Sincerely
Ms Patricia Bealmear - redcard, on 12/18/2007, -1/+216It's going to be an interesting day when someone gets diggharassed and decides to sue digg for it.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -9/+169I think the Principal's letter is a hoax.
- Error601, on 12/18/2007, -3/+135Impossible. It was on the Internet so must be true.
- redcard, on 12/18/2007, -11/+109Yep. Kid got in trouble for something else, and decided to get even by doing something he knew full well would work. Never understimate stupid people in large groups. Especially stupid people who think they're smart people fighting for their religious doctrines... be it Firefox, Apple, or Linux.
- j4200, on 12/18/2007, -4/+101This is the most stupid part of the digg bandwagon. Everyone's ready to jump on board for any cause without first learning all the information.
Lets just all believe because it was on digg! - victorycig, on 12/18/2007, -3/+86I look forward to appearing as a diggfendant.
- j4200, on 12/18/2007, -5/+85I for one didn't email the school, and wouldn't of even if it was real. Why the ***** would I want to butt my nose into that business?
- redcard, on 12/18/2007, -2/+69Twenty?
Christ, man, where did you go to school?
My teachers assigned lines by the hundreds, or the paddle.
900 lines or three swats.
(Sad thing is, this is within the last fifteen years) - colincornaby, on 12/18/2007, -5/+72This is why you all need to stop being armchair police. You probably caused a pretty big headache for the school by clogging their email systems with your emails. You all just got used by some kid with an agenda. Maybe this should be a lesson about doing fact checking before you fly of the handle.
- BinaryFragger, on 12/18/2007, -0/+65I'm surprised at the response a simple, easily-faked image generated here.
Diggers are usually skeptical and quick to say "Photoshopped!" when an image makes the front page. - Dibou, on 12/18/2007, -2/+57I'm hoping some student hacked the school's computer and put up this 'hoax' explanation.
That will really screw with people's minds! - ruscoe, on 12/18/2007, -0/+55It did seem plausible, given the lack of technology competence of many high school teachers. It probably stuck a chord with tech-savvy Digg users who were irritated by their own teachers.
- madsci, on 12/18/2007, -1/+53so is the kid going to get detention for creating the hoax?
- blumer, on 12/18/2007, -2/+51I don't know ... the "Looks best on IE/Netscape 5.x+ at 1024x768" at the bottom of the page doesn't lend much credibility. :P
- amadeusdemarzi, on 12/18/2007, -3/+45Digg was totally pwnt
- Saiing, on 12/18/2007, -4/+46Personally I'd be happy to see you lose. The way that the idiots on Digg jump on any passing bandwagon and harass people with barely a shred of evidence is disgusting. Sadly, that's the world we live in though. It's laughable that people on here digg up stories about the bad behaviour of others, when they act like sub-human scum themselves.
- Flappy3, on 12/18/2007, -1/+41What if he used Firefox while cutting food with a knife and singing 'Welcome to the Jungle"?
- jmp478, on 12/18/2007, -3/+40I hope you all feel like d-bags for flooding the principal's inbox with complaints.
- gh0st3000, on 12/18/2007, -1/+36Nothing is real!!! auughhhhh!!!
- consonance, on 12/18/2007, -2/+36Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
- TubbyCat, on 12/18/2007, -15/+48Oh shut up. :'(
- elnerdo, on 12/18/2007, -2/+35No. Wikipedia is amazing and useful. Digg is neither.
- neutrino15, on 12/18/2007, -3/+35Digg is becoming the new wikipedia.
People assume that people are telling the truth (and for the most part, they are). But anything you hear on the net (or anywhere, for that matter) should be taken with a grain of salt until proper proof is attained. - joot2112, on 12/18/2007, -0/+32Guess whose detention is getting extended ... ?
- BinaryFragger, on 12/18/2007, -0/+31I agree that it seemed plausible, but it does show the negatives of the Digg mob effect. The school administration was crucified based on weak evidence.
It's not the first time we see a similar situation:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Steve_Mallette_s_Respons ... - redcard, on 12/18/2007, -0/+29Which was exactly why this kid did it, and likely why he chose the OSS community to do it to. I bet he got the desired response of making that teacher's life a living hell, too.
- theblt, on 12/18/2007, -3/+32I wish there were more people like you on Digg. It seems like the only thing needed to make a story reputable on Digg anymore is a good title and description.
I can't imagine the inbox of this school, filled with nothing more than a pile of emails written in all-caps with various links pointing to Ron Paul's website. - victorycig, on 12/18/2007, -1/+30Yes, HenvY is being offensive.
- wetmetalthong, on 12/18/2007, -1/+29ROFL! Did anyone else notice they consider "ketchup pack" to be part of the lunch menu? ***** awesome.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -3/+31omg at first I was like no ones gonna believe such a dumb story and find out people believed it was real.
Damn get some common sense people .Who ever actually believed it gimme your emails
I got some nigerian friends that got some offers for you guys - Hoogs, on 12/18/2007, -0/+27Figures, since it seemed to be the only picture I've seen here where everyone wasn't screaming "Photoshopped!"
- accessviolation, on 12/18/2007, -0/+21Guess what? You've been reported as offensive!
- Hacbarton, on 12/18/2007, -0/+20Her profile says 55. Good luck.
- thefinger, on 12/18/2007, -2/+21Dear "Ms Patricia Bealmear":
if I don't write my lines, do you promise to.... punish me..... I want to be kept back after school... I want... detention.... That is, if you're a fairly nice looking babe and not married etc. Thank you. - TubbyCat, on 12/18/2007, -7/+25Darn. It made such a great story. :'(
- thefinger, on 12/18/2007, -0/+18bummer.... I am losing hope of ever finding true love on the internets
- scabbers, on 12/18/2007, -3/+21I didn't email the school because even it was true, I don't give a *****.
- blup3ace, on 12/18/2007, -2/+19no, the reflections are all wrong.
- flintmich, on 12/18/2007, -1/+17when I saw he put "foxfire" I thought, yah, I've seen people call it that. But at the same time, detention seemed like an awful stretch. but it seemed just too perfect.
- Bamborzled, on 12/18/2007, -0/+16She's on the Internet, so it must be her account... :P
- techmaster, on 12/18/2007, -0/+16In a way it's a good thing. Think about it this way: The principal of that school probably got a few nice emails....maybe a few hundred, maybe even a few thousand. Let's just say maybe he got 1000 emails. Some of them were vulgar, some contained photographs of penises, others were just people calling him an idiot. Now, imagine your day when your inbox contains what I've just described. That principal is going to be one pissed off dude. And, ***** rolls downhill. Surely the principal slapped that stupid kid with one hell of a punishment for his alteration, so in the end, the little ***** got what he deserved. Karma's a bitch.
- xsuite, on 12/18/2007, -4/+19God doesnt exist!
The force is actually microscopic bacteria in your blood stream!
The empire will be destroyed by ewoks.
Oh and I am your Father. - j4200, on 12/18/2007, -2/+17It only sounds plausible because there is a new attitude about how teachers know jack ***** and the digg crowd is ready to smother that POV. Typical teenage angst.
- Mononuclear, on 12/18/2007, -7/+22I didn't email the school not because I thought it was a hoax but I think the kid had it coming. The issue wasn't about using firefox it was about the kid not listening to his teachers.
- aroedl, on 12/18/2007, -7/+21Just see it as "preemptive strike". Now they know that they should never ever mess with Firefox people.
- carpeclunes, on 12/18/2007, -2/+16As Will Smith would say, "Somehow, I told you so just doesn't quite say it."
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