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The Great Doxing Drama of 2012 continues: r/creepshots disappears after an unnamed foe threatens to reveal the real identity of its top mod. (r/SubredditDrama)
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The person behind the doxing (revealing a pseudonymous Internet user’s real identity) is likely the same person who runs the Predditor blog, and is discussed in this thread. (r/ShitRedditSays)
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Meanwhile, in an unrelated event, Gawker links have been banned from r/politics and r/MensRights. Gawker writer Adrian Chen’s upcoming piece supposedly will dox controversial superuser violentacrez, who deleted his account yesterday. (r/SubredditDrama)
In other news …
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“ IAmA Ex British Football Hooligan (80s) who served 2 years in prison for Assault.” (r/IAmA)
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For bipeds like us, it sure is bumpy on top of two legs. Here’s how the brain stabilizes naturally stabilizes shaky vision. (r/askscience)
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This American Life creator Ira Glass does an AMA.
Pic of the day: Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University. (r/bookporn)
Hottest subreddit: r/notinteresting (4 days)
Photo by S John Davey
