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How To: Behave on an Internet Forum
I love the hilarious "how to" vids I come across on VideoJug that keep me on point with subjects ranging from learning how to speak geek, getting a free airline upgrade, and even how to safely (and eco-conciously) clean my computer. But really, I'm always on the lookout for a great "how to" that I can share with my geeky cohorts that may just make them lol. So for today's how to, I present: How to Behave on an Internet Forum.
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Why a Glowing Review Might Not Be So Real
You already know that you shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet, but here's another reminder: NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has settled with a cosmetic-surgery group due to its unethical shilling. Lifestyle Lift is paying $300,000 to New York State for posting fake endorsements of its services. From the story:
According to the AG's office, investigators uncovered e-mails sent to employees of the company directing them to post positive reviews of its services online.
Website of the Day: Just Left Home
Feeling lost and like the Internet is your only connection to a home you left behind? The website Just Left Home was set up to be a resource for people who'd recently left whatever cushy nest they were used to and needed a resource for, well, everything in their life.
As they say, it's intended to be a "homepage-away-from-home cure-all miracle pill."
Internet Keeps Homeless Population Connected
"You don't need a TV. You don't need a radio. You don't even need a newspaper.
Net Neutrality — Who Owns the Web? Do We Need Two?
Some slangers sling around the words "Internets" or "Interwebs" to be cheeky — who knew how close to true it might be!
A new book by Jonathan Zittrain called The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It posits the notion of separate but equal webs. Two of them!
Has the Internet Changed Your Involvement in the Campaign?
At a media conference yesterday organized by the Personal Democracy Forum in New York, Republicans admitted that Obama is winning — hold on — winning the use of the Internet as a pointed campaign tool. Though advanced in 2000 and 2004, senior Republican advisers now admit they've let their online warfare morph from a sword into a gummy worm.
One stat that points to that?
Iran Considers Death Penalty for Bloggers, Russia Jails One
The beauty of the Internet is getting to say exactly what you want in a public forum, right?(Well that and stalking ex-boyfriends and shopping at work, but I digress.) The ability to speak one's mind in bytes and blips has landed one blogger with a jail sentence for extremism. A Russian man who called the local police “scum” and calling for the clean-up of the force he blogged that the police should be burned in the town square twice a day. For this posting, was convicted of “inciting hatred or enmity” and given a one-year suspended sentence.
World Wide Web of Justice: People's Court RAW
I'll admit, in my youth I abused TV courtroom dramas. Hey, I was young, it was summertime, and the talkshow/reality TV circuit was in its nascent stages. That's why to this day I can recite the whole opening to The People's Court.
You Asked: My Boyfriend Has ADHD
Dear Sugar,
My fiancé and I have been together for three years. I love him dearly, but he has ADHD. While his symptoms aren't severe enough to impact me (other than his occasional forgetfulness and constant pacing), I am worried about our future.
Unusual eBay Feedback
People are finding more and more ways of expressing themselves. I mean, not everyone can get a book deal or write that screenplay. Rather than be a troll and take out your angst in Internet discussion forums and the comments sections of blogs, you can leave unusual eBay feedback to show the world what a clever and witty person you are.
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