What The Hell Is WikiLeaks…

Dec. 10, 2010
Tao Lin is a writer living in Manhattan, NY.

Is it…Wikipedia…

Is WikiLeaks Wikipedia…

Is WikiLeaks actually Wikipedia…like…part of Wikipedia…or something…

Why don’t I “get it”…

Why am I confused…

Joan Didion…

Seems like…her right eye is crying…

Hehe

Hehe…

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  • http://tomhankssuperfan.blogspot.com megan boyle

    lol…

  • http://hbgwhem.tumblr.com/ hbgwhem.tumblr.com

    as far as i can tell…wikileaks is a viral marketing campaign… for… helen mirren? she stole secrets… then… raped? in a movie funded by paypal? i think i have a fairly good understanding of this issue so gchat me if i've been unclear.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    paypal…what do you mean

  • http://hbgwhem.tumblr.com/ hbgwhem.tumblr.com

    paypal is one of the words i use when someone says wikileaks and it seems to register with whoever is talking about the issue. they give me an 'approving nod' as if i've cued into a important piece of the puzzle. Paypal is probably involved but will likely make you paypal them 20 bucks before they will discuss it.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    sweet…

  • http://twitter.com/moysesnyc mmm

    did the same research in my office today what is going on

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    what were your findings…

  • cooltop

    ummmmmmmmm…

    remember how paypal stopped sending donations made to wikileaks

    remember how there's like a massive unified entity trying to 'mute'/'stop' wikileaks

    4 2 0 cUTE BLOGGER ALERTT

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    it's an organization/website

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    when did paypal do that…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    what do you think about it…

  • http://hbgwhem.tumblr.com/ hbgwhem.tumblr.com

    i'm stealing this information about paypal and adding it to my conversational repertoire.

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    are you… cooltop from /mu/??

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    seems like a good idea but actually boring in its realization

  • http://twitter.com/moysesnyc mmm

    yet it appears as though they are 're-engineering improvements' on the site to make it both 'more secure' and 'more user-friendly'

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    seems exciting

  • http://thevagabondisland.tumblr.com REI KOZ

    OH BOY… I LOL'D.

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    I don't even get where you can see the stuff they're “leaking,” should be more accessible/easy to figure out

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    there should be a big flashing .gif

  • Bensaucier

    paypal stopped allowing payments to wikileaks, so did visa & mastercard. then hackers from 4chan shut their websites down for a day. Wikileaks is now suing paypal…

  • http://thevagabondisland.tumblr.com REI KOZ

    SACRED DEFECATION; COOLTOP!?

    LOL.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    bro…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    what…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    wikileaks is sueing paypal…

    sweet…

  • http://twitter.com/moysesnyc mmm

    idk, they won awards

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    I don't think they're actually doing anything I think it's all a scam so Julian Assange/Joan Didion can go around raping people and getting the internet to sue PayPal over it

  • http://twitter.com/uunnu ⍍␥␥␥␥␥␥⍍

    WikiBleaks

  • http://thevagabondisland.tumblr.com REI KOZ

    COOLTOP/lewis IS A NAMEFAG THAT SPAMS PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS SHOES AND A GUY NAMED “JIMMY” ALL OVER /fa/ /tv/ AND /mu/.

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    and that picture of a sad cat

  • http://twitter.com/moysesnyc mmm

    u should totes submit this info to their electronic drop box when it reopens in the near future

  • Pat Finn

    i think it's viral advertising for the next james bond movie.

  • Indiana Jones

    I can't wait for Tao's next article so that I can leech on to his relative fame by being one of the 30+ requisite attention-seeking comments that swarm below every single time he writes anything on here. And I really hope this comment comes off as super smart/funny/hip/witty/clever/ironic, 'cause that would make me feel good about being a not-so-good writer who writes for a not-so-good website.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    bro…

  • Bensaucier

    wait, they are suing visa and mastercard. paypal is “unfreezing” donations. now I'm confused.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    they're sueing both visa and mastercard…

    sweet…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    sweet

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    i feel like there's been a major backlash since the awards

  • http://tomhankssuperfan.blogspot.com megan boyle

    when i see the 'personal appeal' banner ad things on wikipedia i think 'wikileaks'

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    does anyone know if it's a part of wikipedia…i feel like i honestly don't get it…

  • http://www.srslyhip.blogspot.com joey

    yall have gone mad….I <3 radio is….seek…truth…

  • http://twitter.com/t_baugh Travis Baugh

    wiki is just the name for a site that allows for creation and editing of pages for the site through the web browser rather than going through other processes. “wiki” just refers to the type of software that powers “wiki” pages. they are not related other than using “wiki” software…

  • Mylumyes

    bro, i just typed 'bro.' damn. I just had a celery stalk but it left.

    wikileaks?

    i have to pee.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    honestly seems confusing…more confusing now maybe…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    bro…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    what…

  • Zella

    I am confused too. I'm glad that I'm not the only one, Tao.
    I think now I want to die my hair white and do crazy shit maybe.
    Seems like that's what Wikileaks is about maybe.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    sweet

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    sweet…

  • tank bro

    you seem so chill in the movies

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    bro…

  • http://twitter.com/waxdustcoat A.M. THOMAS

    is it wikileaks?

  • http://twitter.com/MissKimball misskimball

    it's just a successful troll
    assange means 'towards monkey' in french. not sure how jimmy wales fits in, wales – whales – water – water under bridges? on the surface they seem to be fighting over the word 'wiki' but it's non-copyrightable, it's just mexican for 'fish'. they both look like er, libertines. maybe the money is for a new collaborative site 'pedoleaks'

    @indiana jones hope this makes you feel good bro

  • COLDBLOOD

    down w/ paypal

  • http://timothypresence.com/ Timothy Willis Sanders

    lol…

    'julian assange' sounds like a brand of sensual body oils

  • http://clarifiedconfusion.blogspot.com aaron nicholas

    what is relative fame vs real fame, indiana jones you are a smart professor and you have stumped me with your mind games

  • http://twitter.com/deadfromtheneck Lily Gilels

    hehe

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    hehe…

  • http://twitter.com/littlesparrowp Parisa

    heh haha
    think wiki is just a viral prefix

  • http://twitter.com/camille_salome Camille Salome

    im kind of sad the article didn't answer that question

  • http://twitter.com/JosephErnest Joseph Ernest Harper

    Interface seems really difficult.

    Wish it was 'powered by tumblr'.

  • http://www.nickmeador.org/ ndmeador

    Isn't it sooo funny how we don't know anything that's happening outside the city? Cuz politics is sooo dumb. D'ya know what I mean? We're so totally awesome. Let's go to a diner. That's all the context we need.

  • http://libraryofdust.blogspot.com Giles

    Wikileaks has made listening to Radio 4 in the morning 100% less depressing. It is basically a political gossip-machine, seeemingly causing no actual threats to “national security” or whatever, just making public figures really embarrassed.

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    i don't get it…

  • http://twitter.com/straponheart Evan Hatch

    This seems what Hipster Runoff might be like if it was actually written by Tao like dumbasses think it is.

  • http://steveroggenbuck.com steve roggenbuck

    nice job tao
    this is really funny
    im surprised thought catalog would let you do this on their site
    i feel a little bit better toward thought catalog
    ok

  • http://thevagabondisland.tumblr.com REI KOZ

    WHAT SAD CAT?

  • http://popserial.tumblr.com stephen

    seems sweet

    what the hell

  • Bensaucier

    he's saying your NY centric

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    hehe

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    sweet

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    hehe…

  • http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ tao

    feel like wikileaks is international…

  • Monch

    are you an idiot? (not checking to see if someone already asked this.)

  • http://nice-posture.blogspot.com david jones

    i laughed when i saw “julian assange poison pill” for some reason

  • jordan castro

    a/s/l?

  • steven

    this comment section is/makes me feel bleak

  • piquo.

    “Didion't” know Didion had anything to do w/Wikileaks. Is this a poem?

  • chinese tom cruise

    apparently all he is being charged with is having sex with a woman without a condom when she said she wanted to use a condom

  • thad

    this article was informative. You still know more than I do about this wikileaks

  • Ras1517

    luv u, feel u!

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