The primary thing is entertainment. They have to make something that is entertaining to watch. For example even explosions are exaggerated. In movies they contain much more fire than they usually contain.

They gave the information to the police because that’s all they can do as citizens. He didn’t get his money back and the information they found on the fraudsters could very well be just money mules or also victims of hackers.

Hot sorting algorithm is bugged at the moment. Older posts don’t cool down until the server is restarted so they keep popping up. It is currently fixed for the version to be released.

More technical info here and here.

One of the largest manufacturer of return vending machines. It has approximately 105,000 installations in over 100 markets worldwide.

This is going to be a private instance. No normal citizens can create an account.

It’s a response to Twitter shielding access to unregistered users. A lot of public services used Twitter to spread information.

I’m not surprised. How can this be sustainable? Images are embedded in the websites with no way for Gfycat to make any revenue.