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Tracing the users, whose nest in the web got hammered or cleaned
1 points by persilj 5115 days ago
New season of the certain, very hooking, television serie that mixes drama, fantasy and mysteries, has started. For some it is so badly needed that they'd do almost anything to get to watch it. However, again they are faced with the fact that either the whole website they used to find videolinks for watching the latest episodes has been hammered down or there has been massive clean up that forces them to find their "drug" from somewhere else.

Many of the "internet sheriffs" don't seem to see a possibility that Megavideo, for example, might not have been fully on the so-called pirate's side. Lots of data will again be gathered by many parties (advertising networks and "honey bot -blogs" included) while episode searchers try to find their ways to new areas where "the latest" still blossom.

Entertaining things are not the only ones for what one can become highly addicted to and thus become part of a personal psychology research that could be set up by unknown party. It could be a social psychology or sociology research too, if "drug users" talked or learned from the others while doing their searching, but in a case where they do it all by themselves it is more personal.

When a health related community (depression, schizophrenia etc.) gets plugged off in a relatively small country and where the discussion language was not english and stays that way for a long time (like weeks or even months) userbase is (kind of) required to find new ways to feel that they belong to something that they share. They need it. And like some "videodrug users" they might be loners. And that's exactly the core reason for research(s) that might be in place.

When you smash down a nest of living things they will have to find a new place to live or a new place where they can feel that they are alive. While they are doing that they might be traced (in multiple ways). In the Internet that might be more than easy -- for those, who have a power to do so. And if they do have it, would they always decide to not use it? Some might, some might not and some will use it, if they are "asked nicely" by authorities -- who ever that might be. In some cases authorities might not be "in the loop" at all.

The actual hypothesis or reasons for such researchs would start to make sense, when they are viewed from governing or conguering point of views. I mean, the conclusions from mentioned examples can be applied to other areas of interest, too. For a second or two, think about concept of the war. Think also the recent outage of the Facebook and how and especially where people complained it. Yes, they did it by sending tweets. But those tweets actually get read? Maybe, maybe not. Some do know, but most don't. And there resides the power of the information.