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Well, this not very nice.
Adam Jackson, founder of the addictive Tenderloin webcam AdamsBlock.com, has received his very first death threat today. (Congratulations, Adam. You're growing up so fast. Sob.)
Jackson's noted 24-hour camera, set up at his Taylor and Eddy Ellis apartment, simply shows the street action going on down below. And even though your editor cannot find a reasonably-priced studio apartment on that block, the area is touted as "the worst neighborhood in San Francisco." Which is what makes AdamsBlock.com so intriguing.
But just a few hours ago, Jackson sent out this urgent tweet. Ahem:
"Just received my first death threat. Time to start rethinking my privacy. Fame sucks” about 4 hours ago from Tweetie
Note to Adam: don't stress it. At least not too much. This happens. A lot. Believe us. Also, your live-cam is golden. Loads of fun to watch. In a perfect world, every dodgy street corner would have a live stream going for our personal enjoyment. But, yeah, nothing for which you should risk your life.
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Ha!..that's nothing. I got my first bomb threat the first week I ran the exact same type of cam 3 blocks away on 6th Street 10 years ago
"In a perfect world, every dodgy street corner would have a live stream going for our personal enjoyment."
Brock Keeling: Dragging his knuckles towards the glories of totalitarian market Stalinism...
@TAYM - Amusing offhand quip != fascist political agenda
It's Taylor & Ellis. Glide is across from his building and in the cam view - I remember being able to hear a bit of the Sunday services. The Hilton is on another side of the street. I lived in the building from when I first moved to SF until I found another studio for significantly less in lower Nob Hill.
Back in the Paleozoic era (about 1996), I got fed up with the lack of police response to issues along my little stretch of Albion between 15th & 16th. I pointed a webcam out my living room window to the little hidey hole where the junkies liked to hang out and streamed it live (okay, used a script that uploaded a new static image every 60 seconds). Took about a month before I started receiving regular death threats taped to the front door and email. The email threats came from a city government IP address. I have my theories.
The letter was obviously written by an old man. I mean who still uses paper to send a death threat? You should use the public library or a starbucks for stuff like that.
I saw the local news broadcast about adamsblock this week (if you were on his site he had the camera pointed to his TV) and was wondering when this was going to happen.
The next fundraiser will be for rent money so that Adam can move to safer waters and keep the studio for the camera and internet.
Junkies aren't scary. They can barely stand up. Teenaged males are scary which puts the actual scariest block somewhere in the HP, or near the Sunnydale projects, or around Bryant street in the mission.
Unless there need to be white middle class people nearby. Then sure the TL is like Beirut.
While the camera is certainly entertaining, who are the losers who are constantly making real time comments on everything that passes? You really have nothing better to do?
Thanks for writing about this. I hope it raises awareness that this is my life and threats aren't to be taken lightly. I think my next fundraiser should be for a lawyer so I can fight any thing that comes my way.
What amazes me is the incredibly smooth and fast framerate on that cam.
"What amazes me is the incredibly smooth and fast framerate on that cam."
Agreed. I live in Chicago and I love watching Adam's cam next to the high res Times Square cam. I do wish the banal IM postings would go away though.
lol @ TAYM. We'll call it "Open-Source Totalitarianism"
Scary. I am an active Glide member, and I'm there at least twice per week. I heard about the webcam this week. I'm sorry Adam is receiving threats, although I'm not surprised.
I was watching Adam's Block last night, while writing on my blog about it. While I had it on, Adam received a crank call from a blocked number. He then instant messaged something about a policy wherein he removes the live broadcast for eight hours (and replaces it with old footage) every time he receives a call from a blocked number.
I've had moments of feeling disturbed about the invasion of the neighborhood locals' privacy, but I keep reminding myself that it's a public corner. So I always come back to being fine with it. It's definitely interesting to watch.
Katie. You'll be happy to know that I'm going to begin sending all donations to glide church starting next week. I want to make a difference and love what you all are doing.
Hey Adam, welcome to the club
http://sfist.com/2007/08/17/tenderloin_hous.php
If only San Francisco had some kind of organization that protected and served the citizens, ensuring public safety while preventing crime and violence. A sort of Policing-Based Force, if you will.
mattymatt
Like a Gestapo?
:P
Thank you, Adam! That DOES make me happy!
Oh, and p.s., Adam: Glide has a free legal clinic, which I co-coordinate and in which I serve as a volunteer attorney. We don't take on full representation, but we've got you covered for free advice and/or referrals.