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In response to ""the Redditors faced a simple, but insuperable, obstacle when it came to identifying the Tsarnaevs, namely" by charlie

I can't recall - did reddit try to identify before those photos came out, aside from the brown student linking from his hs gf?

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Apr 26 '13, 15:47

in any case, that part of the paragraph isn't as significant as that authorities had Lord & Taylor footage that was even more useful than random photos. that's the frequent pro trick - putting public and non-public info. together; and random commenters will never have that edge.

re: max's comment below - from when I looked at reddit on/off for hours last thursday night (I had spent maybe 5 minutes there ever before then), I do remember seeing a number of people suggesting that actual ID'ing wasn't a good idea. I think some irrationality took over for some others when they thought they might be scooping.

I saw someone say that they ruined people's lives. that's going way too far. they did hurt, but ruin? no.

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oh yeah, "Findthebostonbombers" was active that whole day and a half before -- nm - charlie Apr 26, 15:50 3
- I mean actually naming names. -- nm - b. Apr 26, 15:52 2
  - i don't think they named the Brown student until they heard his name over the scanner when shit was going down - charlie Apr 26, 15:53 1
    - for sure, his did come earlier as a possibility. - b. Apr 26, 15:55

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