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07 Aug 2009 12:31

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Tech, World: To silence ONE GUY, Russia had to take down Twitter

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  • The lack of logic and high level of selfishness here (on Russia’s part) is atrocious. Russian authorities tried to silence Cyxymu, a.k.a. “George,” for his stance on the Georgia conflict. (The timing was political.) But instead, Russia tried to shut down every major social network, causing the guy they wanted to silence to have an even bigger voice. Genius, Russia. Just genius. source
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06 Aug 2009 10:26

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Tech: Your diet of media on Twitter is littered with bots

  • 24% of Tweets are made by bots (but not at @shortformblog, guys!); many are from spambots, but many are legitimate
  • 88% of active Twitter users (bots or not) haven’t missed a single day of Tweeting; we’re probably part of that list source
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10 Jul 2009 13:46

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Tech: Blocky wants to kill spam on Twitter – AND do it in pink

As someone who gets lots of spambot followers, we really dig this idea, but worry about false positives. And the fact that its maker likes pink so much. source
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26 May 2009 09:05

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Politics, Tech: Here’s a random argument in favor of taxing e-mail

  • The tax will not stop unsolicited communications, just as post charges limit, but do not kill, junk mail. An email tax would force senders to apply a simple test: is this message worth a penny to send?
  • Prospect Magazine contributor Edward Gottesman • On the idea of taxing e-mail as a way to stop spam. Gottesman, chairman of an international investment company and a lawyer, says the minimal charge – just like sending a letter – would help deter spammers without limiting e-mail communications. One problem, dude: E-mail’s already so last century. Everyone’s just going to use Facebook or Twitter instead and e-mail would become irrelevant. • source
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15 Apr 2009 22:34

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Tech: Spam spam spam spam is killing our ecosystem spam spam

  • 62 trillion e-mails have been sent by spammers, at 0.3 grams of CO2 a piece; spam spam spam spam spam spam spam
  • 17 million metric tons of carbon waste are created by spam – carbon which could give electricity to 2.4 million homes source
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31 Mar 2009 21:23

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Tech: Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam. Oh, and spam.

  • 94% of your stupid e-mail is spam spam spam spam spam source
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15 Feb 2009 09:09

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Offbeat, U.S.: Utah got bilked by a Nigerian scam. Wait, what?

  • $2.5 million was stolen from the Utah treasury. Oof. source
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