Mar - 12th
Jason Calacanis: Screw You Google, Now I’ll Sell Links Too
Posted at 8:45 am | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, Social Media, lackofmeds, scams, search engines
By now Google has to be getting more than a little embarrassed about the behavior of Mr. Jason Calacanis and his site, Mahalo.com. Aaron Wall did a very well written piece explaining how Mahalo Makes Black Look White and the spammy techniques they were employing. This isn’t the first time Aaron has blogged about Mahalo [...]
Mar - 11th
Jason Calacanis’ Backup Plan For Replacing Content: Steal It From Wikipedia
Posted at 1:11 pm | Filed Under Cuttisms, Google, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, search engines
/sigh
Ok Jason, we get it, you’re desperate. But stealing content from Wikipedia in order to replace what you deleted? Come on!
I am flipping through Mahalo.com today, just seeing if
Feb - 25th
Scientology Suspended For “Strange Activity”
Posted at 5:01 pm | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, freedom-of-speech, lackofmeds, nerdiness
I don’t know about the rest of you, but for some reason I find this oddly poetic.
(Click to enlarge.)
For those who can’t read it, it’s from http://twitter.com/scientology, and states:
Sorry, the profile you were trying to view has been suspended due to strange activity.
Yeah, like that’s a surprise!
Feb - 17th
On Freedom Of Speech And Social Media (A Quick Note To Anonymous Commenters)
Posted at 6:30 pm | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, freedom-of-speech, lackofmeds
I understand that on occasion people like to give fake emails when posting a comment. If you are using your real identity and just paranoid that I am going to spam you (which, by the way, I’m not) and leave a false email address, well… it’s not like I am going to verify it anyways. [...]
Dec - 18th
Facebook / Twitter / Myspace Hacking: How To Keep It From Happening To You
Posted at 4:08 pm | Filed Under Social Media, how-to, nerdiness, scams
Over the past few weeks I have noticed a sharp increase of scammers trying to get my Facebook password, and not too long ago a few people I know actually fell prey to it. Recently there was an outbreak of of similar activity on Twitter, where the attempts were being spread through direct messages, and [...]
Aug - 25th
Quick Poll… Who Here Wants To Bing Jessica Biel?
Posted at 1:27 pm | Filed Under MSN, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, search engines
Today CNN wrote a piece about the “‘Most dangerous’ celebs to search for online”. The article discussed which celebrity searches that were most likely to lead to sites infected with spyware. It was an interesting enough story, but what caught my eye were the two opening sentences:
Be cautious if you plan to Bing Jessica Biel [...]
Jul - 17th
Amazon Confirms: Shortened URL’s *Are* Allowed On Facebook and Twitter
Posted at 4:10 pm | Filed Under Social Media, customer service, how-to
Last week there was some commotion over the fact that it was being reported that Amazon.com was refusing to pay affiliates if they used url shortening services to post affiliate links on social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter. This actually makes no sense from a business perspective, since it would discourage people from [...]
May - 24th
Win A Date With Pedobear? WTF??
Posted at 10:35 pm | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, marketing
I was checking out a link a friend of mine Stumbled on tonight, when I see this ad for what looks like a teen dating site. Like most of the adult version dating sites that you see plastered all over the internet these days, the banner ad featured profile pics of the girls you could [...]
May - 15th
Is Plagiarism Ok… If It Was An Accident?
Posted at 3:19 pm | Filed Under Social Media, Wordpress, blogthropology, coding, lackofmeds
Last year I wrote this handy little script named EasyWP. It makes installing Wordpress much easier for those without Fantastico or shell access, and is many times faster than having to upload all of the files individually. It’s very useful, especially if you install Wordpress on a regular basis, or if you need to do [...]
Mar - 2nd
Robert Scoble Chews Out Lisa Barone’s Ass For Taking His Name In Vain – WTF?
Posted at 11:36 pm | Filed Under On The Ball-ness, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, psychoblogging
Tonight Robert ‘I Am Thy Lord And Thou Shalt Kneel, Bitches!’ Scoble, a blogger who has some claim to internet fame through his blog Scobleizer, decided that the title of “technical evangelist” that has been often attributed him simply wasn’t enough, and that deity is apparently more fitting.
Lisa Barone wrote a piece talking about personal [...]
