The day Beyonce Knowles and Nicole Kidman died
I’ll be darned, I am in total shock.
It seems that both Beyonce Knowles and Nicole Kidman died today. That’s what the emails said.
What emails? The ones I got earlier.
Wait a second, what do you mean by “spam”? You don’t believe everything that’s being discussed on the Internet? The headlines and the descriptions of events – it can’t be! It’s on the Internet so it has to be true!
Unfortunately, there’s a misconception that most people’s intentions are good. That every bit of information shared or released on good old “Information Superhighway” is accurate, true and correct.
So how do you deal with every bit of misinformation, particularly the malicious type? How do you handle the rumor, the false news, the alleged truth that is in fact a lie?
They say it’s hard to prove that you’re not a dog on the Internet – but at least, you can be a dog that bites back.
Bite back with facts.
That’s the only way that works. When bullshit is piling up, get your screenshots, your numbers and your arguments ready for the debate that would ensue.
And then, bite down on those other dogs, really hard.
August 20th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
your headline scared the crap out of me
August 20th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Mike
I received at least 3 emails today, each with a different celebrity name and “…died today” after it. It’d be odd if they all died on the same day.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Might be to draw attention to one of these dead or alive sites- I am told people spend hours on one- perhaps not this one I have a query out
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages-nf/main
August 21st, 2010 at 12:55 am
Must be one effed up airport in Dubrovnik
August 21st, 2010 at 3:25 am
Owen, you might have a point. Sounds like a solid strategy to drive traffic to such destinations
So far, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and Angelina Jolie were all proclaimed dead, according to the emails I received.
August 21st, 2010 at 8:05 am
Mine said Gwen Stefani died. Not a very effective piece of spam, I thought she died years ago
August 21st, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Michael – Gwen is of the undying zombie celebrity kind