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- June 9, 2008
Spun out
Remember The Spin Starts Here - the extremely snarky website that took aim at anything and everything. Often very funny, but also often very nasty and relentless in pursuing targets.
There’s a big shitfight going on as the main authors Caz and The Hack fought to protect their real identities and remove their content from the internet.
Despite these efforts to protect their identity and remove any offensive material, their cover was blown last week. The Hack was revealed as Jamie Duncan, a journalist with Australian Associated Press in Melbourne; Caz was named as his partner, Caroline Hamilton, a media adviser to Parks Victoria.
A website called The Lulz Start Here has been devoted to “outing” them and recalling their most scathing blogs. Read it, its well worthwhile if you enjoy reading stories of vengeance being wreaked. Its also pretty damn funny.
The whole thing serves as a reminder to all of us - anonymity on the internet is nearly always only temporary.
2 Responses to “Spun out”
That’s some scary stuff and I agree with you that anonymity is only temporary. I understand some privacy is important, necessary even but if you want everyone that reads you to take you seriously then you have to be willing to be upfront with who you are.
By Mamaflo (8 comments.) on Jun 10, 2008
Wow, how hypocritical to try so hard to hide from all they said, when their best-loved game was to reveal other people’s personal details to the world at large. I’m glad their identities have been revealed. It doesn’t erase what they did, but at least they’ll be held more responsible now for what they say.
By chosha (17 comments.) on Jun 16, 2008