InfothoughtSeth Finkelstein's Infothought blog (DMCA, Google, censorware, and an inside view of net-politics)More BBVB notes: A personal disclosure, Google-effects, NYT- July 7, 2008 Full disclosure: I had a length conversation with Xeni Jardin (the Boing-Boinger part of the controversy). I don't know anything more about the mystery reason than I did before (I didn't ask, and she didn't tell). The discussion was more an exchange of perspectives about (my paraphrase) A-lister power and responsibility. I mention this, with permission, as the personal core of my blog iswas chronicling the difficulties of net-activism (that endeavour didn't work out so well, but that's...http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001361.html Boing Boing Violet Blue notes- July 3, 2008 Regarding speculations about what Violet Blue did to be, well, dewonderfuled, note she was still considered properly Boingy as late as 2007-07-27, in a now "unpublished" post about "Short link amuse bouches for Friday". Her offense must have been after that date. The only thing that seems to fit the timeline is the trademark case she brought against a porn star using the name "Violet Blue", which was filed in October 2007. But there still seems to be something missing, given the very...http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001360.html Violet Blue "unpersoned" from Boing Boing- July 1, 2008 The Violet Blue BoingBoing incident, where many posts mentioning popular sex writer Violet Blue were suddenly deleted from one of the biggest blogs around, has been garnering more and more notice in the relevant fan-bases. The strangest aspect is that it seemed to have happened out of the, err, blue. "I've been racking my brain thinking of what issues I might've come down on the wrong side of," Blue told the latimes.com writer on the phone. "There's been no argument, there's been no...http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001359.html |