We talked a bit about griefers and trolls and such, but what about all those virus-makers out there who aren't looking to interact directly with the community?
Here's a story about hackers invading Facebook!
-I always figured Facebook was better than Myspace for its ability to filter out fake porn accounts, but, alas, not even Facebook is safe.
Though, I have noticed that the internet's great for catching scam artists -
I was up late one night with the tv on and it was getting to be around primetime for infomercials. I didn't pay any attention to it, initially. There was Lipo-slim, Montel Williams was selling commerative Obama coins, Kevin Trudeau tried to sell me some get-rich quick scheme, etc. etc. Eventually I got to thinking - maybe I should look up the products these people are selling. Sure enough my research guided me through the seedy underworld of infomercial scam artistry.
And I'm just wondering - don't these infomercial people know the internet exists?
Stephen Colbert did a feature for the Obama scam coins that I'll share:
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