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March 22, 2004
Blogs: Those Lippy Web Sites
Sunday's New York Times Magazine includes the following Clive Thompson essay, The Honesty Virus - When online, we are oddly prone to telling the truth.
The piece begins with the mention of the Cornell professor who, after conducting research, concluded that people lie more on the phone than by email. (New Scientist) Mr. Thompson's essay delves further into the topic, and his piece is an interesting read. (By the way, Thompson's blog can be found at Collision Detection.)
This snippet from the essay made me laugh:
"I spend about an hour every day visiting blogs, those lippy Web sites where everyone wants to be a pundit and a memoirist. (Then I spend another hour writing my own blog and adding to the cacophony.)"
(I now have visions of all blogs with big red lips on them, not unlike the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse "kisses" urinals.) ;-)
Cindy
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Lovin' the essay snippet...
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on March 22, 2004 1:22 PM
it takes me forever to get through my blogroll. it's like a fulltime job - people should pay me to read their blogs, i think.
that'll be Ä2.
Brain matter deposited by: zed on March 22, 2004 1:30 PM
I dunno...I've met plenty of liars online. However, I've met more quality people than not...so, maybe the essay's right...
Brain matter deposited by: Da Goddess on March 23, 2004 2:25 AM
Not me, baby. I lie like a good rug.
Of course, that could be a lie too.
But I'm so darn good at lying you'd never know.
Or am I? Hmmmm.
Brain matter deposited by: LeeAnn on March 23, 2004 7:41 PM