Tackling Technology
Don't Spread Internet Germs
As the flu season begins in the 'real world', do your part to not spread internet 'germs' in the online world
How many of these posts have you seen on your Facebook wall? Did you know that all of these are either false or misguided readings of the facts? How many have you shared yourself? I will confess that in reading through dozens of posts of my Facebook wall or in a crowded newsfeed on my Twitter account that I have hit 'like', 'share' or 'retweet' on something that was probably too shocking, too unbelievable or too easy to be true. Tale as old as time None of this is new, people have shared gossip and rumors face-to-face, by telephone, over radio call-in shows, via regular mail, via email, via graffiti and who knows, probably by telegraph, carrier pigeon and message in a bottle. Before Facebook posts there was chain mail, and after that …
C. Ford
8:56 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Thanks for this article, I found it informative and full of common sense, as usual. Too bad 'common sense' isn't so common! = ) I found a great breakdown of the fallacies of the "Facebook/copyright" virus at a legal news site here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/c9lsun8 Spells it all out, worth the read! more ›