Tablet exposes Lehrer’s fake Dylan quotes; claim attack when site crashes
http://twitter.com/#!/tabletmag/status/229999342889627648
Tablet magazine exposed New Yorker writer Jonah Lehrer’s made-up Dylan quotes today.
Massive props to @mcmoynihan, @bariweiss, and @tabletmag for exposing Jonah Lehrer's lies http://t.co/sEe5ZuRX (to involve Dylan no less!)
— marc tracy (@marcatracy) July 30, 2012
As a result, Lehrer has resigned.
Jonah Lehrer has resigned from The New Yorker http://t.co/OYTNNfgx
— Tablet Magazine (@tabletmag) July 30, 2012
Another result? The heavy traffic that results from a hot story.
Can you all stop reading @mcmoynihan's takedown of Jonah Lehrer? You've crashed the website! And I haven't read it yet!
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) July 30, 2012
It appears @TabletMag has crashed. I'm guessing this due to traffic to Jonah Lehrer plagiarism piece.
— Nicholas Jackson (@nbj914) July 30, 2012
Please bear with us as our sit is getting slammed with traffic. We're trying as best we can to get back up.
— Tablet Magazine (@tabletmag) July 30, 2012
Tablet Magazine's website has crashed after breaking story about New Yorker writer making up stuff. @tabletmag
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanwp) July 30, 2012
Tablet seems to have confused super heavy traffic with an attack. Did Lehrer strike back?
THE LEHRER ARMY MT @tabletmag We're suffering a DDOS attack. Techs are working to get things back up.
— Adrian Chen (@AdrianChen) July 30, 2012
The internet is hard!
By whom? AnonLehrer? RT @tabletmag: We're suffering a DDOS attack. … Google cache of the Lehrer piece is here: http://t.co/gma50u8T
— Mister Bunny (@AskMisterBunny) July 30, 2012
@tabletmag probably not DDoS, just the popular site server overload phenomenon, no? Slashdotted/ Reddited/ twitter-Lehrer'd?
— Giulia Forsythe (@giuliaforsythe) July 30, 2012
@tabletmag Is it an actual attack or does everyone just want to see the piece?
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) July 30, 2012
err, are you sure? RT @tabletmag: We're suffering a DDOS attack. Techs are working to get things back up. http://t.co/BSJpvDz8
— John Herrman (@jwherrman) July 30, 2012
ATTN @tabletmag : A rush of traffic for a hot story is NOT a "DDOS attack" Turn on caching. pic.twitter.com/u9whH3QC
— Dan Nguyen (@dancow) July 30, 2012
@dancow I love how the Cloudflare page on Tablet Mag just tells you to refresh the page and see if it's up yet
— Trace Gilton (@tracegilton) July 30, 2012
Who are all these Jonah Lehrer fans launching a DDOS attack on @tabletmag?
— David Weiner (@daweiner) July 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/nemoran3/status/230001890451156992
Or is it?
If there really is a DDOS attack on Tablet, it must be a coincidence; I don't think Jonah Lehrer is a hacker. (Jewish sites do have enemies)
— John Tabin (@johntabin) July 30, 2012
@tjl @johntabin In all fairness, I think Tablet might have a reason to be paranoid about DDOS attacks.
— PJ Doland (@pjdoland) July 30, 2012
DDOS attack on @tabletmag coincides with #POTUS fundraiser @ NoMad next door to our offices. Coincidence? I think not.
— Matthew Fishbane (@mattnycs) July 30, 2012
Heh. In any event, while techie stuff may be hard for Tablet, they deserve kudos for the Lehrer exposé.
Impressive work, @tabletmag!
— Lawrence Gutman (@lawrencegutman) July 30, 2012
