Tumblr "Disappears" Microsoft's Danah Boyd

Re:Tumblr "Disappears" Microsoft's Danah Boyd by kragen on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @04:39PM (#2491014)

"Disappear" (transitive) is absolutely a reference to a human-rights violation. See http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disappear:

disappear (ˌdɪsəˈpɪə)

— vb

1. ( intr ) to cease to be visible; vanish

2. ( intr ) to go away or become lost, esp secretly or without explanation

3. ( intr ) to cease to exist, have effect, or be known; become extinct or lost: the pain has disappeared

4. ( tr ) (esp in South and Central America) to arrest secretly and presumably imprison or kill (a member of an opposing political group)

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Re:Tumblr "Disappears" Microsoft's Danah Boyd by ajross on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @05:10PM (#2491124)

In the fourth of four variants, where all three of the earlier ones seem to apply well here. Language is language. Causes and issues, no matter how grave, don't get to own bits of it.

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Re:Tumblr "Disappears" Microsoft's Danah Boyd by chc on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @05:24PM (#2491159)

None of the first three apply here. They are all clearly marked as intransitive ("The train disappeared into the night") rather than transitive ("Tumblr disappeared her").

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Re:Tumblr "Disappears" Microsoft's Danah Boyd by kragen on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @05:47PM (#2491225)

The first three are intransitive senses; I'm sorry the abbreviation "intr" wasn't familiar to you, but it's quite common in dictionaries. Please delete your unnecessarily aggressive comment, ajross.

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