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The Streisand Effect with Mike Masnick

2024/11/6
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Mike Masnick
创始人和CEO of Techdirt,发明了“Streisand效应”,并加入Bluesky董事会。
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Mike Masnick 解释了“斯特莱桑效应”的起源,源于他对 Barbara Streisand 控告摄影师反而使其照片传播更广这一事件的观察。他随后注意到其他类似案例,促使他创造了这一术语。他还分享了 Techdirt 网站的发展历程,从最初的邮件新闻到网站,再到受 Slashdot 启发采用博客形式,以及早期网站的技术挑战和与托管公司的轶事。Masnick 还表达了他对科技媒体现状的看法,认为许多人写作是为了获得大媒体的工作,而他则专注于表达自己的观点。 Ed Zitron 对 Mike Masnick 的观点表示赞同,并肯定了 Techdirt 在科技媒体中保持独立性的价值。

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Mike Masnick explains the origin of the Streisand Effect, detailing the story of Barbara Streisand suing a photographer and inadvertently drawing more attention to the photo.
  • Barbara Streisand sued a photographer, causing the photo to be viewed by hundreds of thousands instead of the original six.
  • Masnick coined the term 'Streisand Effect' to describe situations where attempts to suppress information backfire.

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In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Mike Masnick, CEO and Founder of Techdirt, inventor of the Streisand effect, and member of the board of Bluesky to...well...talk about quite literally that. A banger episode.

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