Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Interweb Version Of A Person Of Interest

In a digital world, where everyone with a computer and access now has an opportunity to become someone of interest to others, we have to ask ourselves, "Is this a valid person of interest to me?" Some folks take advantage of the free media to become more than who they really are, or to sell something, or to advertise something for someone else to sell. It is becoming more difficult to separate a true person of interest from an adventurist or charlatan.

Following, are a few tips that may help in your perusal of the offerings online and your determination of whether the site you visit or the article you read should be seen as the interweb version of a person of interest:
1) Take anyone who offers you "several valuable tips" at face value (my bad)
2) Forgive the gurus, experts and those who preach what is good for you; because they know not what they do. They are bound to write offering generalized wisdom they've heard from others who heard it quoted from others; advice or information that may or may not have substance. And forgive those who would preach their moral values and define the wrongs of the world for you in an emotive manner. For they too are allowed to rant
3) Tread lightly around sites that present you with an immediate pop-up that urges you to register before you are even able to see what's on the site. These may be ones you find little value in and who will be peppering you with frequent spam emails forevermore, with no easy way to opt out, and
4) Watch for those sites offering fast professional services for a low dollar figure. If you're looking for online help to fill a business need and access a crowdsourcing site that offers fast and cheap services; you will not only get what you pay for but will also be subverting the value of true professionals in your area.

You probably already know all this.

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This post marks my 500th blog entry. And they haven't kicked me off (yet). In the almighty words of Archie Bunker, "Whoop de doo, whoop de doo, whoop de doo."

Thanks for reading. 

Posted by Rand MacIvor at 2:00 PM

3 comments:

  1. Tamaya Garner SculptorSeptember 5, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    well holy moly!
    500? whewwwww way to go Rand.
    I love reading all the bits that come out of your mind. Scary heheheh no really. Loads of fun and a very interesting perspective with most thing. I look forward to the next 500.

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  2. Lynn Marie CaissieSeptember 22, 2013 at 7:33 AM

    Thanks for reminding us, Rand, that we still have an obligation to think critically.

    Mike and I were talking about clinicians who are sooooo frustrated because patients make treatment choices based on what they read on the net. Mike, as a research scientist, has been working with a clinician recently on some pretty cutting edge diagnostic research in oncology, and she tells him that young oncologists often call her, in tears, because patients make poor treatment decisions that are sometimes unnecessarily fatal.

    It's very sad that the world has us mistrusting our medical experts. We need to remember that none of them get up in the morning, rubbing their hands, gleefully looking forward to how they can kill us off faster. They really only want to be as helpful as possible.

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