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What is Spam? – Defined by Top Social Media Voting Sites

  • November 9th, 2010 by Ann Smarty
Most of us are active at a number of social media networks, yet few of us take time to properly go through each social media network rules and terms of use. How do our favorite social media sites define spamming? Sadly, none of them has a clearly-cut definition, so we can only arrive at conclusions based on the various contexts… Read more

A Real Clear Conspiracy

  • May 26th, 2009 by Ann Smarty
President Obama has set a trend with his promises of “transparency” and real democracy in our federal government. It seems everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Suddenly it is en vogue to demand total honesty and forthrightness from an entity, whether it be business or government. Take for instance a blog post by Brent Csutoras, which claims there has been… Read more

Why Do People Actually Thumb Down Stuff

  • January 22nd, 2009 by Ann Smarty
Call me naive or just stupid but I still feel sad and even irritated when I see some stories thumbed down or buried or desphunn or whatever… Don’t get me wrong, I love well-grounded critique. What I can’t stand is uncommented thumbs-down or down voting followed by look-how-clever-I-am-and-you-are-not type of comments.… Read more