Lack of control has been the prime argument against and for incorporating user-generated content into mainstream media and politics. One thing's for certain: there are a-holes on all sides. But this might be taking that a bit literally.
Warning: If you were offended by the abbreviated expletive in the introduction, or associated innuendoes, DO NOT CONTINUE READING.
Somebody got the Democratic National Convention's goat, see. That is what has been reported.
Democratic Presidential candidates held a debate last night, broadcast on both YouTube and CNN, where candidates were asked questions directly by citizens via the video-sharing site. It was lauded as an amazing step forward in both politics and the reach of user-generated content.
Today though, as 2800 Digg.com members have been sure to promote, someone reports that an obscene image slipped through the crack, and YouTube missed it. But, according to the same source, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and about 200,000 others did not.
A 1/24th of a second flash of Goatse, former bane of the Internet, appeared in the corner of a concerned citizen's query video, a speed "just above the framerate threshold of television broadcasts."
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