When Livestreams Go Wrong: MacRumors Gets Hijacked
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009; 7:39 AM
MacRumors has long been one of my favorite sources for Mac-related gossip (largely because the site has generally avoided overly sensational articles that were clearly wrong), but today it has been having a few issues with its Macworld Livestream.
At 9:24 AM the stream issued an alarming announcement that "STEVE JOBS JUST DIED". Moments later this was corrected, with a statement that the MacRumors team didn't know how it had gotten into the feed. There was quiet for a few minutes. And then things took a turn for the worst, as members of what appears to be the 4chan image-board began flooding the feed with bizarre comments.
Note: We don't recommend that you visit the site at the moment, as the feed now includes some graphic and disgusting images.
For a working stream of the latest news, check out the CrunchGear Macworld Notes.
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