I was working in online media back then. They loved these crazy ideas and promoted them because of massive outrage. Outrage generates clicks and clicks === €.
And then they wrote pieces about what kinds of idiots didn't want to have their houses filmed. And about people who had their shop front blurred, because people in the 5th floor didn't want the house to be in the clear on street view.
It was outrage porn at it's best.
And one of the things that made me decide that I maybe should do something else with my life.
Yeah, agreed. As a teen I did an internship in journalism, way before becoming a coder, and crazy stories like those were the bread and butter of newsrooms. :(
And then they wrote pieces about what kinds of idiots didn't want to have their houses filmed. And about people who had their shop front blurred, because people in the 5th floor didn't want the house to be in the clear on street view.
It was outrage porn at it's best.
And one of the things that made me decide that I maybe should do something else with my life.