Male Assange supporter seeks female companion for protest

Looks totes legit, ladies! What could be more romantic than spending a night on the pavement with a man who shares your desire to protest those pesky sexual assault laws (or a conspiracy against Wikileaks — your pick).

Via Gawker

F*ckedCompany 2.0

Do you remember FuckedCompany.com? It's dead now, but a decade ago it was the place to go to read about the implosion of the turn-of-the-century IT bubble.

It was one of those really exciting things in the pre-social web,  a place to get completely uncensored anonymous tips about the latest layoffs, freakouts, and outrages of the technology giants.

Now there's a new source for corporate muck, OfficeLeaks.com:

A kinder, gentler, and social version of FC, it takes the Wikileaks stance that forced transparency is more righteous than privacy or secrecy:

"we believe speech should be free

Often what should be said isn't because the messenger doesn’t have the right clout, title, or family tree.

Anonymity changes this. Only the quality of your thoughts and ideas have sway here."

They differ from Wikileaks, however, in that they want no proof. ("Office Leaks is focused on the subjective part of work life—emotion, culture and leadership.") So obviously, the potential for damaging mayhem put up by ex-employees or competitors is huge.

Here are their rules:

* You must be at least 18 years of age.
* You are not allowed to post an organization's trade secrets.
* You are not allowed to post copyrighted material.
* Don’t make shit up (i.e., lie).
* Don’t be evil.

Yeah. God luck with that.

Wikileaks advertises with a tired cliché and Assange self-love

What a missed opportunity.

Wikileaks has the world's eyes and ears. The banking blockade preventing e-donations from reaching Director Julian Assange's defence fund is controversial and therefore of interest.

To raise money more directly, they feature Assange in an online appeal, and what do they do?



"Priceless"? Seriously? A Master Card ad parody meme that had already jumped the shark before the close of the 20th century?

Plus, Assange is rather creepy. Even ardent Wikileaks supporters must feel a little uncomfortable about the nature of the charges against him — whether as a result of entrapment or not. Plus, the self-congratulatory nature of the ads in not endearing.

This could have been a really great viral opportunity for Wikileaks to gain supporters for their cause. Instead, it shows like a half-assed vanity job.

Next time, call a professional.

via Illegal Advertising