So the introduction, below, identifies the problem. Basically, we’re pretty terrible at identifying misleading information on the internet, and this is not a new thing either. We’ve always been pretty terrible.
Subsequent episodes will help solve that problem by teaching us how to be good fact checkers, which may be something you have some interest in, or at least know someone who should have an interest.
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One, this is clearly true. And two, if you use FB to follow a website, blog, or some other form of “page”, you’re probably not seeing most of what is posted there. Might want to look into email, RSS, or some other form of following. “Facebook’s never going to reach a point where they say…
Yes we did it, we became the proud owners of a 2002 Subaru Forester today! We picked it up from The Hatfield Automall on the west side of Columbus. Tim Vulgamore, the internet manager out there finalized the deal for us, and was really a good guy, not at all what I’ve come to expect…
“Over the last ten years, social media has become part of the fabric of our lives. The use of social network sites has become as routine as using a cell phone or email. Social media is used in all aspects of our lives, whether in communications or information seeking, on personal or business affairs.” Wow,…
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve never been able to have the traditional kid birthday party, because inevitably, people had other plans with their families over the 4th of July holiday. I’ve had a lot of memorable birthdays over the last 47 years, and really I never have to work in my birthday, so…
It would appear that they are, and this is, frankly, a good thing. Obviously, making the limited sharing features that already existed in Facebook but were difficult to find upfront and center, in the same way Google did with Circles, is a direct response to the growth of Plus. What’s also obvious, is that Google…
According to the emails I’ve received just in the past couple of weeks:
I’m actively seeking employment in Pennsylvania
I own rental property in Las Vegas
I have wives and children enrolled in schools in NC, VA and Canada.
I travel back and forth between San Francisco and New Zealand frequently
I frequent some “interesting” dating sites, including at least one that caters to cheating spouses. (Great, thanks to whoever used my email address to sign up for that at the same time my wife is across the country, that doesn’t look odd!!!!)
I am paying for cable internet/TV service for a young lady in Michigan. (Student using their stepfather’s payment info maybe?)
I shop at some online retailers in England.
Now, none of that is true