- Hating that I'm missing TOW3RS set at CAM. Was worth the walk after all. #hopscotch #
- @TeamClermont is TOW3ERS still playing now? in reply to TeamClermont #
- Ahhh. Jane Jane Pollock at the Pour House now. Just what I've been looking for all night! #hopscotch #
- Jane Jane Pollock: I'm in love after two songs. Unlike anything else I've heard at #hopscotch http://t.co/aFtEBJ0b #
- Jane Jane Pollock makes me think of what it must have been like to see the Talking Heads or the Pixies in their early days. #hopscotch #
- Got there late! RT @nyyanksgkw @mtdotnet I was surprised I didn't see you at the real happening event Raleigh…Popsicles in the park…. #
- Game over. Jane Jane Pollock just played the best set I'll hear at #hopscotch I'm mesmerized!! #
- @janejanepollock Y'all made my #hopscotch tonight! Come back to Raleigh soon!! #
- Tjinking of chasimg away my Hopscouch with breakfast at IHOPscotch. #hopscotch #stopmeplease #
- RT @TheeChrisD #Hopscotch was an insane success. Can't pick the best set of the weekend, nothing sucked. Fortunate to live in this city. #
- RT @pwhatter @currincy Thanks for the best fest I've ever attended. Flew out from LA and it was worth every single penny. #hopscotch #
- Raleigh's Pullen Park is very popular this morning with today's fall-like weather! http://t.co/Y3z1JITB #raleighparks #ncwx #
- More great music in #Raleigh Sign me up! RT @ncsymphony Free Pops in the City concert @ 7:30 PM at @RaleighAmp. Gates @ 6pm. Gen. adm. #
- First line of (honest) spam: "You are receiving this email because we wish you to use our digital photo editing services." #
Twitter Updates for 2012-09-10
- Hating that I'm missing TOW3RS set at CAM. Was worth the walk after all. #hopscotch #
- @TeamClermont is TOW3ERS still playing now? in reply to TeamClermont #
- Ahhh. Jane Jane Pollock at the Pour House now. Just what I've been looking for all night! #hopscotch #
- Jane Jane Pollock: I'm in love after two songs. Unlike anything else I've heard at #hopscotch http://t.co/aFtEBJ0b #
- Jane Jane Pollock makes me think of what it must have been like to see the Talking Heads or the Pixies in their early days. #hopscotch #
- Got there late! RT @nyyanksgkw @mtdotnet I was surprised I didn't see you at the real happening event Raleigh…Popsicles in the park…. #
- Game over. Jane Jane Pollock just played the best set I'll hear at #hopscotch I'm mesmerized!! #
- @janejanepollock Y'all made my #hopscotch tonight! Come back to Raleigh soon!! #
- Tjinking of chasimg away my Hopscouch with breakfast at IHOPscotch. #hopscotch #stopmeplease #
- RT @TheeChrisD #Hopscotch was an insane success. Can't pick the best set of the weekend, nothing sucked. Fortunate to live in this city. #
- RT @pwhatter @currincy Thanks for the best fest I've ever attended. Flew out from LA and it was worth every single penny. #hopscotch #
- Raleigh's Pullen Park is very popular this morning with today's fall-like weather! http://t.co/Y3z1JITB #raleighparks #ncwx #
- More great music in #Raleigh Sign me up! RT @ncsymphony Free Pops in the City concert @ 7:30 PM at @RaleighAmp. Gates @ 6pm. Gen. adm. #
- First line of (honest) spam: "You are receiving this email because we wish you to use our digital photo editing services." #
Hopscotch weekend
Way back at Christmas, my lovely wife Kelly got me two Hopscotch tickets for my present. This weekend we cashed them in during Hopscotch 2012.
It was everything I’d hoped it would be. We saw many, many bands from the start of Hopscotch Thursday evening until our last show around midnight last night. Kelly’s parents stayed with us and took care of kid duty while Kelly and I got out to see the shows.
We’ve had a busy day today and so I have not had time to properly blog about my experience but I hope to catch up a bit tomorrow. As for tonight, I’ve got a lot of sleep to catch up on and won’t be describing my incredible Hopscotch experience tonight (yes, it sucks getting old).
Good night, y’all!
Twitter Updates for 2012-09-09
- Riding the @larrysbeans veggie party bus. Woo! Harrassing the debs now. Off the hook! #hopscotch #
- Naked Gods jamming at TirNaNog http://t.co/lH0V0fbB #hopscotch #
- Big thanks to cool companies like @lenovo for sponsoring #hopscotch #
- Yo La Tengo. http://t.co/a1pwxPYZ #hopscotch #
- @lenovo saw some of Built to Spill, Nests, Naked Gods, Hiss Golden Messenger, Yo La Tengo, Azure Ray. All good! in reply to lenovo #
- The db's play in front of the Mecca. http://t.co/ZgF7idS4 #hopscotch #
- I SO need to grow a bigger beard. #hopscotch #
- @benmcneely I'm here! in reply to benmcneely #
- Loved the Megafaun show at Meccaon Martin St. #Hopscotch rules! #
- @lenovo Enjoying the #hopscotch rain delay at Caffe Luna. http://t.co/9qE3pX42 #forthosewhoneedfood #
- Just heard that the gates for the Roots show open at 9PM. Escort will NOT open for them. #hopscotch Pls RT. #
Twitter Updates for 2012-09-09
- Riding the @larrysbeans veggie party bus. Woo! Harrassing the debs now. Off the hook! #hopscotch #
- Naked Gods jamming at TirNaNog http://t.co/lH0V0fbB #hopscotch #
- Big thanks to cool companies like @lenovo for sponsoring #hopscotch #
- Yo La Tengo. http://t.co/a1pwxPYZ #hopscotch #
- @lenovo saw some of Built to Spill, Nests, Naked Gods, Hiss Golden Messenger, Yo La Tengo, Azure Ray. All good! in reply to lenovo #
- The db's play in front of the Mecca. http://t.co/ZgF7idS4 #hopscotch #
- I SO need to grow a bigger beard. #hopscotch #
- @benmcneely I'm here! in reply to benmcneely #
- Loved the Megafaun show at Meccaon Martin St. #Hopscotch rules! #
- @lenovo Enjoying the #hopscotch rain delay at Caffe Luna. http://t.co/9qE3pX42 #forthosewhoneedfood #
- Just heard that the gates for the Roots show open at 9PM. Escort will NOT open for them. #hopscotch Pls RT. #
Twitter Updates for 2012-09-08
- Hopscouch: how one feels the morning after a late night at #Hopscotch #
- @MMFlint Is Mitt Romney hacking Facebook accounts? Many users say yes! http://t.co/p8ImCbO8 #
- I got this yesterday. It was indeed bizarre. MT Facebook user survey devolves into bizarre political quiz http://t.co/tZkEUINz via @CNET #
- Raleigh to release greenway app for iPhone http://t.co/B05cMiNJ #raleighparks #
- There are PEOPLE! In downtown #RALEIGH On every STREETCORNER!! WALKING places!! #hopscotch RULES!!! #
- No long lens cameras are backpacks and City Plaza w
What is this, corporate rock? #hopscotch # - Built to Spill playing a great set at Raleigh's City Plaza. http://t.co/cUhGasoU #hopscotch #crapcam #securityBS #
- Same here! RT @GinnySkal So cool @mtdotnet saw my @lenovo pic and we just met IRL at #Hopscotch Great to meet/tweet you, Mark. #
- Good to see @jayc0b with @raleighLPFM working #hopscotch So many good things going on in #Raleigh #
- Nests is playing a great set at White Collar Crime. Two thumbs up! #hopscotch #
Twitter Updates for 2012-09-08
- Hopscouch: how one feels the morning after a late night at #Hopscotch #
- @MMFlint Is Mitt Romney hacking Facebook accounts? Many users say yes! http://t.co/p8ImCbO8 #
- I got this yesterday. It was indeed bizarre. MT Facebook user survey devolves into bizarre political quiz http://t.co/tZkEUINz via @CNET #
- Raleigh to release greenway app for iPhone http://t.co/B05cMiNJ #raleighparks #
- There are PEOPLE! In downtown #RALEIGH On every STREETCORNER!! WALKING places!! #hopscotch RULES!!! #
- No long lens cameras are backpacks and City Plaza w
What is this, corporate rock? #hopscotch # - Built to Spill playing a great set at Raleigh's City Plaza. http://t.co/cUhGasoU #hopscotch #crapcam #securityBS #
- Same here! RT @GinnySkal So cool @mtdotnet saw my @lenovo pic and we just met IRL at #Hopscotch Great to meet/tweet you, Mark. #
- Good to see @jayc0b with @raleighLPFM working #hopscotch So many good things going on in #Raleigh #
- Nests is playing a great set at White Collar Crime. Two thumbs up! #hopscotch #
Facebook cracks down on fake Likes | Reuters
Reuters takes a good look at Facebook’s efforts to deal with the issue of fake “Likes.”
Facebook Inc is weeding out fake “Likes” on its social network that are being caused by spammers, malware and black marketeers as it strives to maintain credibility as an advertising platform.
Facebook said the number of Likes, or endorsements by users, on corporate pages is likely to drop by less than 1 percent, on average, after the crackdown.
“Newly improved automated efforts will remove those Likes gained by malware, compromised accounts, deceived users, or purchased bulk Likes,” Facebook said in a post on its official blog on Friday.
“While we have always had dedicated protections against each of these threats on Facebook, these improved systems have been specifically configured to identify and take action against suspicious Likes,” the post continued.
St. Louis columnist still mystified by Romney Facebook hack
I sent an email to St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Pat Gauen after his recent column detailing how his Facebook page was hacked by Mitt Romney. I told him that if his theory is true that simply hovering over Romney’s ad is all that’s needed to register a like, then it becomes quite difficult for Romney’s campaign to deny its involvement in these shenanigans.
Gauen responded:
Thanks for your note. While I have absolutely no doubt that it registered as I hovered, I could not make it happen again. I only presume that anyone savvy enough to program it to register “like” on a hover would be wily enough to shut out somebody who (as I did) realizes what happened and follows with an “unlike.” After a while, the ad just wasn’t there anymore.
Pat
Meanwhile, users continue to complain about this practice in the Facebook user forums.
Facebook Runs Strange Political News Quiz, Says It Was A Test
Last night Facebook gave me this customer feedback quiz which morphed into a political quiz. I, too, thought it was quite bizarre.
Facebook claims it was a “test survey” that has since been removed, but it doesn’t say whether the results were destroyed or not. While its bizarre shift from customer feedback into politics was startling, the questions seemed fully-formed to me and I’m somewhat skeptical of Facebook’s claims that this was actually a “test survey.”
Did you get an invite on Facebook to be surveyed about your experiences on the social network, only to find the actual survey turned into a bizarre political news quiz? I did, as did others. Facebookâs now stopped the survey, saying it was an incomplete test that got out into the wild.
via Facebook Runs Strange Political News Quiz, Says It Was A Test.
Also, see CNET’s coverage of this issue.