Today is May 31st, and not only does that mean that it’s Memorial day, but it also means that it’s Facebook quitting day. Because of Facebook’s recent attack on privacy, many today have opted to exodus from Facebook onto other social networks, or maybe just back to real life.
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Know your rights — Fair Use
[Video via Plankhead on youtube]
You’ve seen videos like these, right? Hitler reacts to “insert popular topic here” A scene from the German movie, Downfall which depicts the final days of Nazi Germany, and Hitler’s death. It’s a popular meme on YouTube, and many other video sharing sites but, unfortunately, this meme has been subject to numerous take-down notices on YouTube directly from the films producers. What’s wrong with them doing this though, it’s their work, isn’t it? Yes, it is true that they have the rights to the scene, but what they’re doing goes against your right to free speech under fair use.
Sir, I think you may be addicted to social media
That’s right, admit it. You are an addict. I know I am, but not as much as I thought I was compared to many others. Be it Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or even MySpace, if you use them you are probably an addict. Not too long ago (a few hours ago at the time of writing this) Facebook was down, and chaos ensued.
Because of this 20 minute outage I was forced to create this Memer rage guy comic on my iPhone in about 5 seconds. The blogosphere went crazy, Twitter was enraged, and Facebook addicts everywhere committed seppuku. It was batshit insane during that short period of time and really all for nothing.
