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AT&T Exec Sued & Fired for Using Racial Meme
April 29th, 2015 2:44 PMAT&T's President of Ad Sales Aaron Slator has been terminated in the wake of a $100 million discrimination lawsuit filed against him, with one of the claims pointing at a racially insensitive (and the very first) instance of the "Third World Success Kid" meme that he had sent to a friend via SMS.
Editor's Note: this section of the article contains a racially insensitive and/or offensive image. Reader discretion advised.
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Twitter's Algorithmic FAIL: #FeministsAreUgly
April 27th, 2015 6:00 PMLast year's hotly-debated gender war hashtag #FeministsAreUgly saw its biggest resurgence to date over this weekend after Twitter ran an inaccurate description of the trending topic (presumably) as a result of an epic algorithmic failure.
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Dieseltec Auto Repair Shop Gets Yelp Bombed
April 17th, 2015 5:00 PMAfter a Michigan auto-repair shop comes out in favor of guns and against gay rights, activists bombard their Yelp page with tons of negative and gay-themed reviews.
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Success Kid's Dad Needs a New Kidney
April 15th, 2015 6:30 PMA crowdfunding page launched to fund a kidney transplant for the father of 8-year-old Sammy Griner (a.k.a. "Success Kid") has reached over $88,000 in donations within one week of launch.
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Dennis Quaid's Rant Staged by Funny or Die
April 15th, 2015 5:09 PMSurprise, surprise: the latest celebrity meltdown video starring Dennis Quaid turns out to be a "literal" comedy skit brought to us by Funny or Die.
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AT&T Exec Sued & Fired for Using Racial Meme
AT&T's President of Ad Sales Aaron Slator has been terminated in the wake of a $100 million discrimination lawsuit filed against him, with one of the claims pointing at a racially insensitive (and the very first) instance of the "Third World Success Kid" meme that he had sent to a friend via SMS.
Editor's Note: this section of the article contains a racially insensitive and/or offensive image. Reader discretion advised.
Twitter's Algorithmic FAIL: #FeministsAreUgly
Last year's hotly-debated gender war hashtag #FeministsAreUgly saw its biggest resurgence to date over this weekend after Twitter ran an inaccurate description of the trending topic (presumably) as a result of an epic algorithmic failure.
Dieseltec Auto Repair Shop Gets Yelp Bombed
After a Michigan auto-repair shop comes out in favor of guns and against gay rights, activists bombard their Yelp page with tons of negative and gay-themed reviews.
Success Kid's Dad Needs a New Kidney
A crowdfunding page launched to fund a kidney transplant for the father of 8-year-old Sammy Griner (a.k.a. "Success Kid") has reached over $88,000 in donations within one week of launch.
Dennis Quaid's Rant Staged by Funny or Die
Surprise, surprise: the latest celebrity meltdown video starring Dennis Quaid turns out to be a "literal" comedy skit brought to us by Funny or Die.
