Monday, July 27th, 2009 01:24 am

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Via [livejournal.com profile] amireal and [livejournal.com profile] sf_drama:

AT&T Reportedly Blocking 4chan at techcrunch (and links to other places).

Reportedly. I'm just going to say if this is true...well. Wow. This will end in tragedy and a lot of terrifying macros. Anyone using AT&T able to confirm? Before the looting starts in the internetz streets and we are all surfing at 56K speeds due to mass rebellion?

More at Encyclopedia Dramatica and I don't need to say NSFW.

....seriously. Who thought this was a good idea?

ETA: /b/ is the board being most affected. This may not pply to all of the chans.

ETA 2:See ED article for updated info on AT&T's statement and the lowering of the block (probably).
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From: [identity profile] daisy-chan.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 06:39 am (UTC)
4chan is loading on my AT&T phone...

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 06:42 am (UTC)
ED reports it doesn't affect mobile users.

From: [identity profile] daisy-chan.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 07:37 pm (UTC)
How very strange O__o

From: [identity profile] mardia.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 06:46 am (UTC)
Wow. I thought it was going to be hard to beat the stupidity of AmazonFail, but congratulations, AT&T, y'all just beat them hands down.

Seriously? They're going to try and take on the guys who weren't afraid to go head to head with the Scientology whackjobs? Really?
edited at: Date: 2009-07-27 06:47 am (UTC)

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 06:50 am (UTC)
No, this was not a cunning plan. Or like, y'know, sane.

From: [identity profile] skatergurljb.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 07:07 am (UTC)
AT&T are imbeciles.

Um, your icon is made of epic win. lol

Best movie. Ever. Long live the Bowie.
ext_2382: (DH - Suit)

off topic: icon....

From: [identity profile] tipsywitch.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 06:52 am (UTC)
Please tell me that is James Mcavoy as Leto II as I think it is? It's gorgeous!

Re: off topic: icon....

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 06:54 am (UTC)
Oh yes. So very pretty.

From: [identity profile] kudra2324.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 08:32 am (UTC)
as a friend of mine likes to say, with heavy sarcasm, this'll end well.
niqaeli: a mage sheeping someone (sheep)

From: [personal profile] niqaeli Date: 2009-07-27 10:22 am (UTC)
Someone else on my flist posted about this with a link to the ED article and with a macro of Thriller!Michael Jackson eating popcorn enthusiastically.

I'm pretty much there. Because oh, this should be good. And by good, I mean a total trainwreck.
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From: [personal profile] aurora Date: 2009-07-27 01:51 pm (UTC)
Was it the updated MJ macro? :D

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 02:22 pm (UTC)
*loves the macro*
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From: [personal profile] aurora Date: 2009-07-27 02:28 pm (UTC)
Fandom is great at staying up-to-date, man! :D
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From: [personal profile] niqaeli Date: 2009-07-27 09:00 pm (UTC)
Nope, it was the original. Still perfect.
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From: [personal profile] ratcreature Date: 2009-07-27 10:49 am (UTC)
Doesn't an ISP need some legal reason to censor the internet for its customers? I mean, afaik here ISPs block some sites because of government intervention (iirc mostly due to their anti-childporn initiative) and that's already contorversial, but ISPs blocking sites nilly-willy just because they like to seems rather unjustified.

From: [identity profile] thepouncer.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 01:35 pm (UTC)
My reaction to this is to break down in hysterical laughter. Someone doesn't have a clue who they're dealing with.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 02:22 pm (UTC)
Srsly. Do not wake up the sleeping b's. I could swear that's classed with Godwin as an internet rule.
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From: [personal profile] aurora Date: 2009-07-27 01:42 pm (UTC)
Oh, this is going to be good. *runs to get some popcorn*

From: [identity profile] ophidia.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 01:53 pm (UTC)
There's some more info being gathered over at Metafilter: http://www.metafilter.com/83601/Moar-liek-NSATampT-amirite#2669061. Gotta love the title of that post (Moar liek NSAT&T amirite?) lol

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 02:16 pm (UTC)
Oh, you're awesome. Wish I had the popcorn macro to use while reading.

From: [identity profile] mz-bstone.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 03:03 pm (UTC)
4chan? See, is it actually "chan"? or just an unfortunate name? Why are they blocking it?

B
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From: [personal profile] akacat Date: 2009-07-27 03:21 pm (UTC)
Wow. I guess the folks at AT&T probably also enjoy taunting grizzly bears in their spare time?

From: [identity profile] lurkerlynne.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 04:27 pm (UTC)
Icon represents my initial reaction.

Secondary reaction is that this will resemble a zombie movie- the humans (AT&T) will fight and flail but the zombies (4chan) will be relentless and numerous. Gore will abound. I expect much entertainment; anybody want popcorn? ::makes hugemongous bowl::
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From: [personal profile] fyrdrakken Date: 2009-07-27 04:33 pm (UTC)
I'd mention this to my mother as further evidence of AT&T fail (part of an ongoing series on, "This U-Verse internet really is shitty, isn't it?") except that then she'd ask me what 4chan is and I don't think I could explain very well.

From: [identity profile] ellixis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 05:04 pm (UTC)
You do not poke the /b/hive. It makes them mad. *popcorn!*

From: [identity profile] upstart-crow.livejournal.com Date: 2009-07-27 10:51 pm (UTC)
Here via some other poster. But oh man, this is not going to end well.
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From: [personal profile] cofax7 Date: 2009-07-28 02:41 am (UTC)
oh, my. This is going to be interesting.

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