Google Robots vs. Humanity
http://benatlas.com/2010/03/google-robots-vs-humanity/
Is the Google page rank algorithm messing up our culture?
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Re:Mahalo's disappearing noindex tags
on Monday March 08, 2010 @10:58AM (#1175564)
I though it was Matt's job description to noindex pages? Oh, I get it now, he delegates, let the patients run the asylum...
Re:You are not a gadget, progress is not a widget
on Friday February 26, 2010 @10:34AM (#1153296)
the most important book about the internet in a decade. and the internet is about a decade old really. so this must be the most important book ever.
Alain de Botton and Nassim Taleb in Quotation Marks
http://benatlas.com/2010/02/alain-de-botton-and-nassim-taleb-in-quotation-marks/
Some of the tweets I collected from Alain de Botton and Nassim Taleb.
Re:Spam vs Mahalo: Matt Cutts Explains the Difference
on Monday February 22, 2010 @07:02PM (#1144138)
This is not a small matter, this destroys the internet for the rest of us. The Internet becomes unusable and untrustworthy. And you are doing this in a profitable collusion with Google. You cynically going where Google pushes you.
Re:Spam vs Mahalo: Matt Cutts Explains the Difference
on Monday February 22, 2010 @06:38PM (#1144093)
The internet is only moving in the direction where Google points and Google favors quantity over quality. All Internet problems flow from this Google unstated rule.
Google would rather make a cent each on a million stolen pages of crap than $10 on an original content, plus the spam "author" is not going to ask anything for the "content".
The Social Media to Sharing is what Porn is to Love
http://benatlas.com/2010/02/the-social-media-to-sharing-is-what-porn-is-to-love/
What is "Web 2.0 Sharing" is all about?
Re:Jaron Lanier says Internet has fallen short
on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @08:55PM (#1113995)
Agree about the book.
Re:Jaron Lanier says Internet has fallen short
on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @08:53PM (#1113993)
Jaron Lanier is the most significant thinker in tech today. Here is his long lecture, this is the most important video in the last 15 years:
http://zocalopublicsquare.org/full_video_2010.php?event_id=3...
Jaron Lanier on Staying Human in a Tech-Driven World
http://zocalopublicsquare.org/full_video_2010.php?event_id=359&video=
The most significant lecture of the decade.
The Reasons I am Hanging Up on Twitter and Facebook
http://benatlas.com/2010/02/the-reasons-i-am-hanging-up-on-twitter-and-facebook/
Dissatisfied with the Social Media
What's easier, to build or to destroy?
http://benatlas.com/2009/10/whats-easier-to-build-or-to-destroy/
When people say it is easier to destroy they mean to demolish, like blowing up a stadium or something. But obviously the original metaphor that claims an easy destruction is not intended for the case of complete destruction, at least not as it applies to our lives hopefully.
Venting with Google Suggested Lists
http://benatlas.com/2010/01/venting-with-google-suggested-lists/
What Google 'suggested' lists tell us about people.
The Etymology of the Word Tsar
The origin of the name "Tsar". The story of Princess Zoe, Zachariah the Jew and the Worst Political Move in Papal History.