Reddit has a thread dedicated to finding the Boston marathon bomber(s). 4Chan is also on the case. Alexis begs them to stop:
Investigating these bombings is just not a job for “the crowd,” even if technology makes such collaboration possible. Even if we were to admit that Reddit was “more efficient” in processing the influx of media around the bombing, which would be a completely baseless speculation/stretch/defense, it still wouldn’t make sense to create a lawless space in which self-appointed citizens decide which other citizens have committed crimes. This would be at the top of any BuzzFeed list of the tried-and-true lessons of modern civilization. We have a legal system for a reason.
(Image from 4Chan’s round-up of Boston photographs)
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