Civil Rights CAPTCHA
CAPTHCAs are a terrible, terrible solution to a technological problem. But at least these CAPTCHAs acknowledge that the person typing is not only not-a-bot, but a human being.
Tags: spam
CSSquirrel : The Savage Beatings Anti-Pattern
CSSquirrel shares my feelings on the email notification anti-pattern.
The inadmissible assumptions - Charlie’s Diary
Yes! Charles Stross speaks the unspeakable: that advertising is fundamentally “wrong”.
He’s right, y’know.
Mickipedia » Blog Archive » Social Networking Fatigue. I has it.
Good Reads is responsible for one of the most egregious abuses of trust — using the password anti-pattern to spam your address book. Micki has the details.
Beyond CAPTCHA: No Bots Allowed! [Privacy and Trust]
Brothercake looks at the problems, issues, and alternatives to requiring a human to prove that they're not a bot.
Waxy.org: Daily Log: The Times (UK) Spamming Social Media Sites
Andy Baio does a nice bit of investigative journalism in exposing the social network spammer hired by The Times. The internet treats crass marketing as damage and routes around it.
Spam One-liners - a photoset on Flickr
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you spam, make pretty pictures.