An example of a big site that is usually considered respectable, but here is a clear example of an article that goes through such basic crap - eHow style - in far too many words. Add on to all this the hypocrisy of whitehat apologists being against eHow, but not this site and well…lol #linkbait #bullshit #SEO #fluff #whitehat #content #pub

Same old problem of this sort of shitty site. They need to pump out content so they'll keep releasing linkbait worthless content and if there isn't a problem, they'll say there's still a problem to keep content flowing. #pandering #superficial #bullshit #productivity #p0rn #pub

"I know that some businesses have placed documents on the Web that have gotten them in trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission, because they contain information that shouldn’t have been made public, even though the people placing them on the Web didn’t intend them to be public. Those were pretty important. At the risk of confronting the citation analysis approach that Google bases PageRank upon, I’m not sure that a lack of links to a page is a measure of how important or unimportant that page might be. While links are one possible measure of a perceived importance, they aren’t a measure of actual importance." #research #Google #bullshit #common_fallacy #fallacy #pub

"as it stands, right now app.net seems to boil down to a group of predominantly affluent white men deciding What Is Good, w/everyone else invited to join in later (if they happen to agree & have some cash on hand). i get that this is no different from virtually any other silicon valley start-up, & “as a start-up”, i don’t think app.net is super-compelling. what has my attention is the lofty goals part: if something is really going to be an ‘enlightened movement’, i think it has to start from being a lot more diverse & inclusive from the beginning. app.net wants to be “what twitter could have been,” & i’m wondering what app.net could have been (could still be?) if its early adopter userbase included a broader range of perspectives & ways of knowing." #tech #elitism #web #arrogance #pub

"In addition to market appeal based subtly and not-so-subtly on fleeing from the ‘Others,’ and on utopian rhetoric about fleeing from evil corporations (“Open. Free. Joy. Wonder. Peace. Perfection”), App.net taps into the same neoliberal self-interest on which all privatization ventures depend. Much of the enthusiasm I’ve seen in my own Twitter feed has been from people who are angry about being “the product,” but if there’s a harm to being the product (such that would motivate those who can pay to join a different social networking site to do so), shouldn’t we maybe address that harm directly and collectively?" "Buying our way out of personal exposure to a problem doesn’t address the problem itself, and it still leaves those who can’t afford to buy their way out exposed." #tech #elitism #bullshit #argument #poignant #pub

The guy hasn't gotten much money as a result or anything :/ #apple #bullshit #sad #screwed_over #iPod #pub

#bullshit #hypocrisy #Google #youtube #monopoly #unfair #pub

Clearly favors incumbent brands and bigger sites #bullshit #Google #unfair #non_populist #elitism #pub

#bullshit #disingenuous #Google #app_store #apps #mobile #android #music #copyright #copyright_infringement #pub

"This article includes one of the most misleading statistics concerning higher education: "People with bachelor's degrees... still earn an average of about $1.2M more than high school graduates over a 40-year career". Yes, there is a correlation between higher education and higher salaries -- no, this does not imply causation!" #discussion #college #formal_education #miconception #statistics #elitism #bullshit #pub

Doesn't bode well for the site/'community' if [s]he's taken seriously with an anonymous posting that puts up his/her [high] position, residence, how long [s]he has been with the company, and how long [s]he has had the current position. #bullshit #fake #community #web_2.0 #pub

A prime example of how bad tech "journalism" is. Half of this article is basically PR writing. And so a lot of that ends up being wrong or too puffy. Like where they say it is like whatsapp when this app is nothing like whatsapp at all. #circlejerk #bullshit #journalism #tech #pub

"I feel betrayed by google, really." _about Google Shopping_ #Google #search_engine #misleading #@my_buttburt #bullshit #pub

"There is no doubt that Google is dominant. The Web titan based in Mountain View, Calif., accounted for 74.5% of all U.S. search advertising revenues in 2012, according to research firm eMarketer. By contrast, Microsoft’s share of U.S. search advertising revenues reached just 8% in 2012." #Google #bullshit #pub