A Whisper userusedthe anon. social app to give live updates on his standoff with police in Grand Prairie , Texas . He is nowin custody .
A Dallas NBC affiliateis reportingon the standoff , which took place along near the crossway of Pioneer Parkway and Great Southwest Parkway . Reports indicate the repulsion protrude as a dealings stop around 1 PM . ( Thisis the exact locationon Google Maps . )
Whisper ’s team noticed the berth and made contact with the man involved in the standoff . Whisper employee Josh Chavers exchanged a series of unmediated content through the social app . Whisper editor Neetzan Zimmermangave our sister situation Gawkercopies of his diabetes mellitus with the humanity in question :
“ We have notified the say-so per our insurance policy on users posting about potentially unlawful bodily function , and we also hand out to the person , who has been very forthcoming about speaking with us , ” Zimmerman told Gizmodo as the standoff came to an ending .
This is an telling response on Whisper ’s ending . If this would ’ve happened on Facebook , Instagram , or Twitter , it ’s extremely unconvincing an employee would ’ve direct contacted the placard and engaged them in conversation , since the big societal internet heavily rely on users ’ self - policing . In Whisper ’s case , the place drew tending so rapidly because of a moderator . “ It was originally flagged by one of the editorial substance curators and then investigated by our news unit , ” Zimmerman told Gizmodo .
[ Daily Dot ]
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