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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
What's Another Word For Scam? Word-of-Mouth.org
I don't want to waste much more of my time than I already have on this, and other people have gone over it better already. Let's just say, avoid word-of-mouth.org. I got an email from them, and I'm sorry I didn't just delete it. If you get an email from that domain, don't even bother reading it, it's a troll for your money. The email will tell you that somebody close to you has filed a report on you, and if you want to know what they're saying, you have to register. There's a fee for that, of course.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/wordofmouth.asp
http://www.rubycon.org/blog/archives/000109.html
Word-of-mouth.org is supposed to be a service where people can anonymously exchange information on other people. In fact, it's a scam. Is it ironic that I'm telling you they're con artists, and my name is right out in front of the report? I'm not sure.
I don't want to waste much more of my time than I already have on this, and other people have gone over it better already. Let's just say, avoid word-of-mouth.org. I got an email from them, and I'm sorry I didn't just delete it. If you get an email from that domain, don't even bother reading it, it's a troll for your money. The email will tell you that somebody close to you has filed a report on you, and if you want to know what they're saying, you have to register. There's a fee for that, of course.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/wordofmouth.asp
http://www.rubycon.org/blog/archives/000109.html
Word-of-mouth.org is supposed to be a service where people can anonymously exchange information on other people. In fact, it's a scam. Is it ironic that I'm telling you they're con artists, and my name is right out in front of the report? I'm not sure.