Is there anything you're trying to distract people from? Watch out for the Streisand effect!
"If you've ever told a friend, don't look behind you, and had them immediately swivel their heads, then you will understand the Streisand effect. It all started in 2003 when a photo of Barbara Streisand's Malibu mansion was uploaded online. Not by, like, some stalker or paparazzi. It was actually a photographer who was documenting coastline erosion in California. And mind you, he uploaded, like, 12,000 shoreline images to Pictopia.com. Nobody thought anything of it. But Barbara Streisand sued for $50 million to have the photo of her home taken down. The irony here is that before the lawsuit, the photo had been downloaded exactly six times. Two of those were downloads from her own attorneys. Well, the lawsuit went viral. Newspapers ran it. Websites reposted it. And within a month, half a million people had seen the image of her home. How did it end? The lawsuit was dismissed. Barbara Streisand had to pay the photographer's legal fees. And yes, the photo is still online. The Streisand effect is the phenomenon that the more you try to suppress something, the more attention it gets. Oh, now whatever you do, don't look over there."
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Is there anything you're trying to distract people from? Watch out for the Streisand effect!