From another site, extract:

Who would do such a thing? The same sort of people who have perpetuated some of the top urban legends such as the claim that Mr. Rogers had a former secret career as a trained assassin, and that ATM users can quickly contact police in the event of an attempted robbery by entering their PIN in reverse. The cyberspace is full of lies disguised as inspiration, political alerts, health warnings, and prayers. Many come complete with enhanced photographs. The ones that are especially ironic are those that state, “Even Snopes has confirmed this,” along with a link to Snopes that attributes it as false. People who forward such emails, obviously do not check the link themselves. (source: To Forward or Not to Forward? By Patti Maguire Armstrong catholicmom.com)



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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar's shell house -- Just Not True

I just received a forwarded, forward, with a catchy header: Fragile Luxury.

Googled, and found:
  • Sachin Tendulkar's New House - Not True - its SPAM says www.bharatwaves.com.
  • Hoax Confirmation: Tendulkar's 'shell house' designs a net hoax: India Today.
  • Plus, shell House Sachin Hoax here.
  • Noel, a Blogger (Cricket God - Sachin Tendulkar, God Of Cricket) states: "A new weird shell house designed for God Of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar by world famous Mexican architect Javier Senosiain."
  • See more here, on this shell house: Organic Architecture of Javier Senosiain.
  • Whereas, Sachin's fans keep circulating this nonstop;
  • http://sachinandcritics.com/, as well as, Sachin Tendulkar's Official website - www.tendulkaropus.com don't talk about it.
  • And, this is interesting: "Sachin denies having an account on Twitter: Don't follow his fake twitter account."
  • Saturday, December 12, 2009

    LinkedIn – To Forward or Not to Forward an Introduction?

    Another type of interesting emails. A decision making point (some may say who cares). The Question is: To accept, or deny the next click? You know the sender (causally, personally, colleague, choices, interests, attitude, personality) / You know the receiver (causally, personally, colleague, choices, interests, attitude, personality) ? Here is a wise word from a Linkedin Expert:

    But I’ve just come to a conclusion: No introductions anymore. At least no introductions that are initiated by others. Why such a hard stance? Because when I make introductions, I make them strategically, based on a win-win scenario. I decide that X needs to meet Y because it will be great for both of them. But when someone requests an introduction, chances are they’re trying to sell something to the person they want to meet – to my contact – and that makes me a conduit of SPAM. Yes, spam… and you know how I feel about that. continue reading

    Monday, December 7, 2009

    Why this blog?

    People send and wish to spread what they like! But, do you appreciate / hate /  keep up the marathon (forward it to your friends) or simply delete forwarded emails.

    Attention, says a friend's email:
    COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
    REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US

    There is no one answer for all the above options. What you do find on the web are discussions / suggestions about the following:
    Note: You will find in this blog forwarded emails + (wherever applicable) this blog will digg responses from forums, such as, urgan legned / snopes, etc.