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Pile of Crap :: News pileofcrap.org's news listing http://pileofcrap.org/ The Growling List of Scams on Facebook... SmrtySsa wrote:<blockquote> Somebody became a fan of $XX FREE GIFT CARD! </blockquote> I'm sure you've seen 'em. Are they scams? Maybe they are. Maybe they're not. I'll tell you what they are for sure though: Data miners. I can guarantee you that every single one of these "free gift card" pages are doing only one thing: <s>stealing</s> harvesting your data. The steps are simple: <ol> <li>Pick something people like (free money, free coffee, free... free... free...)</li> <li>Offer it up on a mass scale</li> <li>Force users to do stuff (become a fan, invite all friends)</li> <li>Once they're a fan, snag as much data as you can from the source and save it (email is worth gold)</li> <li>Send out very few real "prizes" to create buzz.</li> <li>Sell the ill gotten data for big bucks</li> <li>Laugh as all the victims get spammed into the ground.</li> <li>Repeat with something else that's awesome and free.</li> </ol> How can you tell? They're all the same. They're all the same basic template: header using some logo they're not authorized to use. The same three steps (become a fan, invite your friends, click claim!) with a comment box that's usually stuffed with fake comments. <img src="/images/image/_/scammy-pages.png" alt="look ma, fake comments!" /> Moral: DO NOT BECOME A FAN OF THESE PAGES. DO NOT INVITE YOUR FRIENDS. CapicÃ©? The end.Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2881">Pile of Crap - The Growling List of Scams on Facebook...</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2881/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:14 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2881/ Today's Strange Dream SmrtySsa wrote:The dream I remembered from my slumber isn't that entertaining... just flat out strange and short.I remember this: I was teaching a person that I went to elementary school with the "ins and outs" of styling a facebook application to look just like facebook itself.That's it, that's all. The person was clear as day. Very strange. Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2880">Pile of Crap - Today's Strange Dream</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2880/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:47:13 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2880/ Tracking Music is Fun. SmrtySsa wrote:It's amazing what iTunes feeds me when i put my library on shuffle. More diversity than [something clever and diverse that i can't think of].This was last week: <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/smartssa/charts?charttype=weekly&subtype=artist&range=271">smartssa's Charts â�� Users at Last.fm</a>Which is a completely different story when I actually select the things I want to hear; like these weeks: <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/smartssa/charts?charttype=weekly&subtype=artist&range=268">smartssa's Charts â�� Users at Last.fm</a> <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/smartssa/charts?charttype=weekly&subtype=artist&range=269">smartssa's Charts â�� Users at Last.fm</a>And this week when i didn't listen to anything at all; except one album: <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/smartssa/charts?charttype=weekly&subtype=artist&range=270">smartssa's Charts â�� Users at Last.fm</a>Crazy, huh?Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2879">Pile of Crap - Tracking Music is Fun.</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2879/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:28 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2879/ I'm on a new diet. SmrtySsa wrote:I call it the "not stuffing my fucking face like an idiot" diet.It's pretty straight forward and easy to grasp. The key to the whole thing is not stuffing your face like an idiot.You should try it.Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2878">Pile of Crap - I'm on a new diet.</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2878/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:53:36 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2878/ Bring on the Google Buzz Spammers... SmrtySsa wrote:<img src="http://pileofcrap.org/images/image/_/Screen%20shot%202010-03-07%20at%203.18.00%20PM.png" alt="spammers cometh."/> Yep, mass-follow whoever you can, then hope you get a 10% re-follow rate... then SPAM! Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2877">Pile of Crap - Bring on the Google Buzz Spammers...</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2877/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:20:11 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2877/ Ninjas are Awesome: 10 Things I Learned... SmrtySsa wrote:Here's 10 things I learned while watching Ninja Assassin: <ol> <li>Interpol sucks at killing Ninjas.</li> <li>Two people with hearts on their right side were in this movie.</li> <li>Ninjas have 10 times the normal amount of blood.</li> <li>Ninjas can't drive.</li> <li>Ninjas have unlimited Ninja Starsâ�¢</li> <li>Ninjas fight with each other.</li> <li>Ninjas don't like having their limbs cut off.</li> <li>Ninjas are faster than anything ever.</li> <li>Ninjas heal themselves like Wolverine.</li> <li>Ninjas do have feelings.</li> </ol> Don't worry Ninjas, I still like you.Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2875">Pile of Crap - Ninjas are Awesome: 10 Things I Learned...</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2875/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:07:09 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2875/ My Graphics Skills Rocked It. SmrtySsa wrote:<a href="http://apps.facebook.com/hangman-is-awesome/"><img src="http://pileofcrap.org/images/image/_/hangman-logo.png" alt="hangman is awesome." /></a> good ol' ascii. Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2874">Pile of Crap - My Graphics Skills Rocked It.</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2874/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:52:37 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2874/ Chat Roulette. This may be the most R rated post ever. SmrtySsa wrote:I warned you in the title.I was bored tonight so I went and I drank some stuff. I drank a bottle of wine, got real drunk and started doing stupid things. I'm not talking about the stupid things one does in Vegas - like fuck twenty hookers and snort coke off their asses. I'm talking about hitting up a shit site called chat roulette. I won't link directly to it. If you have a hard time believing me as to how offensive it is, take the offensiveness of this post and multiply it by fifty.I'm serious.After hitting my bottle of wine and reading some twitter user twat about this site, I thought I'd finally hit it. Never before have I ever seen so much cock stroking in my life. I've watched plenty of porn, but never, ever, ever, have I see so many sad sad individuals stroking their cock in the hopes of someone seeing it on their web cam. The funniest (or worst) part is that they, the cock "strokers", would actually "skip" you, if they didn't like you or were just trying to expose themselves to as many people as possible.Fuck. This is what is wrong with humanity. I wish I were kidding. The fact that a site about random chatting with random people is so polluted with dirty dirty dirty people stroking themselves off in hopes of others seeing... well shit. kill them all. In my 1.5 hour roulette session I easily saw 98% men, 2% women. Of the 2% women, two talked to me for more than 10 seconds and one hit a bong and disconnected when I went to the loo.Seriously... Humanity, you suck.Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2873">Pile of Crap - Chat Roulette. This may be the most R rated post ever.</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2873/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:35:03 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2873/ Oh a Shooting! SmrtySsa wrote:A shooting at the pentagon! OMG!Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2872">Pile of Crap - Oh a Shooting!</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2872/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:46:07 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (SmrtySsa) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2872/ The Bunkford Sign & Display Co. Asrai wrote:<img src="http://www.brantfordartsblock.ca/site/images/stories/artgallery/dave-mccreary-the-downtown-rhombus-detail-72.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Sometime in mid-June, I found out that one of my former high school teachers was going to be having an art show in February. I had no intention of being anywhere near here by then (now), so, other than being disappointed that I wasn't going to be able to make it, I didn't give it a lot of thought. One of the first things that occured to me after I got back was that I was now going to be able to see this show. I'd been looking forward to it since December, and last night (technically the night before last, since it's now Sunday) I went with Spoy to see it. Bloody Amazing. The actual, physical artwork, I think, can be enjoyed by anyone with eyes, but the commentary it provides is so perfectly suited to the small Canadian town that it almost feels like you're getting a kind of bonus understanding for having been raised in one. Anyone in the area (especially anyone who's grown up in our fair city) needs to see this. Go to the Arts Block sometime within the next month and enjoy. There's more info <a href="http://www.brantfordartsblock.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203:dave-mccreary&catid=54:upcoming-events&Itemid=54">here</a>.Visit PoC to leave comments and interact! <a href="http://pileofcrap.org/news/2869">Pile of Crap - The Bunkford Sign & Display Co.</a> http://pileofcrap.org/news/2869/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:10:59 -0600 poc@pileofcrap.org (Asrai) http://pileofcrap.org/news/2869/