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The NoFollow Attribute

August 16, 2010

Years ago there was a major push by many in the online blogging community to push ‘Do-Follow’ing.  By default WordPress installations place ‘no-follow’ in comment attributes when pages are displayed.

Recently in the last few months more and more discussion has been published in blogs regarding Akismet and it’s failure to tag spam commentors trying to get valuable Page Rank juice and back links…this isn’t Akismet’s fault though.  While more and more ‘genuine’ appearing comment spammers are learning to be more ‘organic’ in their rhetoric and using multiple IPs, they tasks are also being farmed out to multiple parties.

How do you handle the blog spammers on your site?

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When good online communities go bad

June 29, 2010

Online bullying isn’t just about someone threatening someone.

Sometimes it takes the shape of people playing Karpman Triangle games within online communities.

After something that happened on Facebook yesterday, it caused me to reflect on this deeply. (more…)

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Physician, heal thyself

June 9, 2010

During last year’s Certified Recovery Peer Specialist-Adult (CRPS-A) training held and supported by a non-profit service provider; who’ll we refer to as A Cheeriness Reviving Rumor;  there was a subsection course regarding ‘proper use and delivery’ of Mary Ellen Copeland’s Wellness Recovery Action Plan”, known in the business as a WRAP.

Seemed A Cheeriness Reviving Rumor trusted the Gig Of New Jackal and Any Domain, to turn out CRPSs with the most necessary of competencies required to use such a tool in both individual support as well as group facilitation. (more…)

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To be read is bliss, repeatedly divine

June 9, 2010

We care less what others try to sell n00bs, chances are the charlatans are merely lackadaisical snake oil sellers and they’re doing us a service in keeping the riff raff from bothering us online every five minutes.

So how ‘does’ one get to be a “#1″ spotter on the likes of Google? (more…)

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The Beasts

June 9, 2010

The unrelenting repetition of words enunciated having no connection individually but creating intended definition bastardizing the original mantra, these are the tools of the false prophets.

They say ‘think’, ‘speak’, ‘want’, ‘inspire’, and ‘instill hope’.  Yet they stifle, back stab, and attempt to control the very trusts claimed shared by the masses. (more…)

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