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Capture the Flag | He Will Not Divide Us

Internet Historian · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Internet culture & memesSatire & parody

What it is

Internet Historian's comedic retelling of how internet users located and captured the flag from Shia LaBeouf's He Will Not Divide Us installation, framed with Metal Gear Solid parodies. It covers the trolling campaign and the geolocation of the flag.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN refers to it as a humorous account of how online communities pinpointed the flag's location, used as an example of crowd-sourced geolocation.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “The Internet Historian on YouTube has made a series of videos about this”

    Internet Historian series on the HWNDU flag saga

    sigwinch28, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Finding McAfee: a case study on geoprofiling and imagery analysis”

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Topics: he will not divide us, 4chan, geolocation, internet history, trolling

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