YouTube is the latest target for pranksters looking to amuse themselves. Today, May 20, has been deemed "Porn Day" by denizens of 4chan and eBaum's World, with an organized group of users from the sites uploading video clips of explicit, adult content en masse in an attempt to overwhelm the search results. In actuality, it appears that content was prematurely uploaded on the afternoon of the 19th. YouTube has already taken some steps to fight back, but it's disturbingly easy to find stuff you really don't want to see, and the uploaders are changing tactics. As one might expect, the pornographic clips are being uploaded without any indication that they're for adult eyes only, making them easy to happen upon by casual searchers. As the upload-fest has progressed, users are also uploading what seems to be legitimate content, but is in fact a porn video that simply has 20-30 seconds of non-porn content (a newscast, an interview) at the beginning.
Once again, in my obsession with torture and Republican obstructionism, I seem to have missed something that might have actually been pretty interesting. No, not the porn, though I suppose that may hold potential for some. It's the lengths that some folks with far too much time on their hands will go to bugger things up. I never cease to marvel at the creativity and persistence of those who really just want to throw a monkeywrench into things just to see what happens.
Of course, same as it ever was, it would seem that I'm once again late to the party. If any of y'all had anything to do with this, you'll have to let me know. I'm going back to my usual obsessions.... ;-)
