Comments on: The Daily Thief http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 2 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/#comment-9314 2 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:56:58 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=387#comment-9314 I would blame them both, in that I have to believe all the diary authors are given a set of rules. Ultimately, it is Kos's responsibility. I would blame them both, in that I have to believe all the diary authors are given a set of rules. Ultimately, it is Kos’s responsibility.

]]> By: Robbie http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/#comment-9305 Robbie Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:18:30 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=387#comment-9305 Markos knew about it. And his response was a shrug of the shoulders and a "not my responsibility" statement...which is bullshit. I blame Markos more than the diary author (whom probably didn't understand the ramifications in bandwidth usage caused by hotlinking)...but Kos understands it perfectly. Markos knew about it. And his response was a shrug of the shoulders and a “not my responsibility” statement…which is bullshit. I blame Markos more than the diary author (whom probably didn’t understand the ramifications in bandwidth usage caused by hotlinking)…but Kos understands it perfectly.

]]> By: 2 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/#comment-9303 2 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:32:35 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=387#comment-9303 Someone in a similar situation posted a close up of genitalia with sores. That got their attention fast! Someone in a similar situation posted a close up of genitalia with sores. That got their attention fast!

]]> By: Squish http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/#comment-9302 Squish Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:29:51 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=387#comment-9302 Do you know if Kos is aware of the situation? I mean, if he's not deleting something he doesn't know exists, then it isn't really his fault. Trust me, this isn't some purposeful attempt to hurt anyone. Kids hotlink all the time. Visit any message board, you'll find tons of it. Most of them don't even know they're doing anything wrong and have no idea where they can go to get their images hosted properly. This guy's just trying to get some cheap attention for his blog. Anyway, the guy who originally did it realized his problem, and apologized. Do you know if Kos is aware of the situation? I mean, if he’s not deleting something he doesn’t know exists, then it isn’t really his fault. Trust me, this isn’t some purposeful attempt to hurt anyone. Kids hotlink all the time. Visit any message board, you’ll find tons of it. Most of them don’t even know they’re doing anything wrong and have no idea where they can go to get their images hosted properly. This guy’s just trying to get some cheap attention for his blog. Anyway, the guy who originally did it realized his problem, and apologized.

]]> By: Robbie http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/#comment-9301 Robbie Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:15:58 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=387#comment-9301 No. I understand DK's model very well. And the bottom line is that it's Kos' site. He <em>can </em>controll everything that is posted on <em>his </em>site. He choses not to. Did you look at the screen shot? Did you see the DK banner that this diary is flying under? It doesn't matter who the author that posted it is...Daily Kos is knowingly facilitating the theft of bandwidth. If you post something on my site that is proprietary or copyrighted (you know, stolen), I have a delete button. So does Kos. No. I understand DK’s model very well. And the bottom line is that it’s Kos’ site. He can controll everything that is posted on his site. He choses not to.

Did you look at the screen shot? Did you see the DK banner that this diary is flying under?

It doesn’t matter who the author that posted it is…Daily Kos is knowingly facilitating the theft of bandwidth.

If you post something on my site that is proprietary or copyrighted (you know, stolen), I have a delete button. So does Kos.

]]> By: Squish http://urbangrounds.com/2005/08/daily-thief/#comment-9300 Squish Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:07:00 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=387#comment-9300 Okay, you obviously aren't familiar with Daily Kos. That post has nothing to do with Markos. Basically, at Kos, anyone can get a diary. All you have to do is hold an account for a week, then you can post your own little mini-blog on his site. That's partly why he gets so much traffic, bout half a million visits a day. It's not just one blog, it's a lot of them. Certain posts from the diaries get featured on the main page, but the vast majority don't. This post was just some guy's diary. It didn't even get featured on the main page (I just checked the archives). If you really wanted to, you could create an account and, in a week, start hotlinking tons of pictures. It's got nothing to do with Kos... Okay, you obviously aren’t familiar with Daily Kos. That post has nothing to do with Markos. Basically, at Kos, anyone can get a diary. All you have to do is hold an account for a week, then you can post your own little mini-blog on his site. That’s partly why he gets so much traffic, bout half a million visits a day. It’s not just one blog, it’s a lot of them. Certain posts from the diaries get featured on the main page, but the vast majority don’t. This post was just some guy’s diary. It didn’t even get featured on the main page (I just checked the archives). If you really wanted to, you could create an account and, in a week, start hotlinking tons of pictures. It’s got nothing to do with Kos…

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