The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all.
Ryan Burke confessed Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the power of Internet communities and the amount of money that companies make from them. The pair weren't even dating.
TRENTON, Ohio --Two teenage girls posted a fake announcement on their school district's Web site that said school was closed for the day due to winter weather, police said. RCH helped the district track down the girls by supplying the identification numbers from computers that accessed the system, which authorities could then track to the girls' homes.
Peter Ludlow on policing SL: Companies like SL have a difficult time dealing with transgressions b/c dispute resolution is hard, & dealing with troubled adolescents and troubled adults is hard. It can be done, but the people that game companies throw at these social problems are typically either people with an engineering background or unpaid volunteers with little to no formal training.
Males stand further away when talking to other males in the virtual world of Second Life and are less likely to keep eye contact, according to a study that shows at least one aspect of human behavior carries over into the virtual realm. The results indciate that interaction in virtual environments are governed by the same social norms as social interactions in the physical world.
The 26 yr-old founder's idea was “to turn cyberlosers into social-networking magnets” by providing fictitious postings from attractive people. The postings are written by the client or by Mr. Walker and his employees, who base the messages on the client’s requests. FakeYourSpace says it does not post any messages that are threatening, pornographic or illegal.
Several states are considering crackdowns to curb or outlaw the behavior. South Carolina has already passed a law that allows schools to punish cyberbullying and Rhode Island, Oregon, Arkansas and New Jersey are mulling such policies. Some bills have gotten held up due to free speech concerns. Some people say that you can't legislate norms, you can only teach them.
Having trouble making friends on MySpace? Another social-networking Web site is looking to set you up with some friends you might like. Mindkin was designed by students at Carnegie Mellon University as an online matchmaker, to help users find friends they may be compatible with. The university's student newspaper, The Tartan, says people are getting fed up with Facebook, MySpace, and other sites on which users must choose their own connections, often ending up with online "friends" whom they hardly even know.
Princeton University’s Undergraduate Student Government has created a Web service that allows students to complain to the professor when, say, he or she uses too much PowerPoint in class, without ever revealing their identities. The comments will be screened to filter out the nasty, according to the Daily Princetonian. Students will finally be able to give their professors a piece of their minds before the semester ends, without having to suffer any repercussions.
A teacher discusses how she uses blogs in her classroom. She notes how important it is to explain upfront her expectations for proper participation. She has found that her students take these lessons and apply them to their social networking activities at home.
Increasing droves of students are seeking late-night or last-minute homework help from online tutors, the Brigham Young University NewsNet reports, and peers and professors are asking the usual questions: Will they learn? And will they cheat?
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The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all. Ryan Burke confessed Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the power of Internet communities and the amount of money that companies make from them. The pair weren't even dating.
TRENTON, Ohio --Two teenage girls posted a fake announcement on their school district's Web site that said school was closed for the day due to winter weather, police said. RCH helped the district track down the girls by supplying the identification numbers from computers that accessed the system, which authorities could then track to the girls' homes.
The 26 yr-old founder's idea was “to turn cyberlosers into social-networking magnets” by providing fictitious postings from attractive people. The postings are written by the client or by Mr. Walker and his employees, who base the messages on the client’s requests. FakeYourSpace says it does not post any messages that are threatening, pornographic or illegal.
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