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Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. Ferreting Out Fake Reviews Online – NYTimes.com<\/a> – This is why we can’t have nice things (or positive reviews about them, at least).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. Ferreting Out Fake Reviews Online – NYTimes.com – This is why we can’t have nice things (or positive reviews about them, at least).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7797,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/09\/kafka_would_lov.html","url_meta":{"origin":22264,"position":0},"title":"Kafka would love writing about my job this week","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 9-Aug-05 9:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"Schedules. 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View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28636,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/18\/john-scalzi-on-bad-reviews-and-bullying.html","url_meta":{"origin":22264,"position":4},"title":"John Scalzi on bad reviews and bullying","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 18-Jul-12 12:02am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes. This.Now, if only the Democratic and GOP contenders for president would express the same sentiment, the Internet might run 15% faster and be a 40% nicer place to be. Embedded Link Bad Reviews: I Can Handle Them, and So Should You \u2013 Whatever Oh, well, okay. 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