The Hand That Controls the Sock Puppet Could Get Slapped

An article of interest, from the New York Times...

The Hand That Controls the Sock Puppet Could Get Slapped.
By BRAD STONE and MATT RICHTEL
Published: July 16, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 — On the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog — or the chief executive of a Fortune 500 company. Or so thought John Mackey, the chief executive of Whole Foods Market, who used a fictional identity on the Yahoo message boards for nearly eight years to assail competition and promote his supermarket chain’s stock, according to documents released last week by the Federal Trade Commission.

The rest of the very interesting article is here. It focuses on the corporate aspects, but private citizens should take note as well...

meme while the printer prints...

catching up on some tag-memes:

From Kefira, 5 Questions

( the answers )

And juliannef reportedly tagged me:

• Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
• People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
• At the end of your blog, you need to choose (8) people to get tagged and list their names.
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

( Eight random facts, huh? )

tagging....oh, redstarrobot, redwolfexr, rhienelleth, rhonawestbrook, riley_merrick, robling_t, romsfuulynn, rosefox (chosen totally by random selection of the alphabet, yes)

EtA: and the best spam of the month so far: "you've been sent a postcard from a Worshipper!" I knew someday my divinity would be appreciated...