Comments on: He Said-She Said: Blogs Making Things Up!?

By: chad

chad — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:54:42 +0000

Sorry Annon, but some of the old school contributors are very busy, hence the possible change in reporting styles … :(

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:39:20 +0000

Annon, I was being sarcastic in saying it’s surprising. I’d love to get feedback on what you like and don’t like, contact me! Tell me! samureye at [nospam] gmail.com

By: annon

annon — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:57:27 +0000

“It seems a recent story that made the rounds among the popular tech blogs may not have been anything to write about in the first place.”

How is it surprising?
Uneasysilence lately has been suffering form the same problem, posting stories that range from fake, useless, repetitive, re spewing out what other sites post and some times just boring.

It used to be 10 out of 10 posts here were entertaining, informative and funny, but now I would have to say its 6 out of 10

By: Paul B

Paul B — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:53:39 +0000

I’m a very skeptical person. Most rumors I hear, I don’t believe until I find out for sure. This blog seems to be one of the best for not starting, or spreading rumors (unless you want to :-P).

BTW Chad, you should register that domain. It’s a rather amusing one :D
(Do it before I do)

By: chad

chad — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:18:54 +0000

did you guys hear about the new wheels Nissan is developing?… they change colors!

check it out!
http://wemakestuffup.net/nissan/wheelz0fpwn4g3

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:51:00 +0000

Before anyone says anything, NOBODY has disproved that Apple is tracking IPhone users. The “Stocks” and “weather” widgets do not submit your phones IMEI, but they do submit an identifier.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:36:21 +0000

No Dan, the majority of people I’ve read comments from on other sites have the general opinion of “huh, well that figures.” I guess it’s true that we are losing the expectation of privacy as a culture. Kudos on breaking it first though.

Now relating back to the actual story here, I do feel that I trust most postings on what I feel are reputable blogs. I read the usual: Engadget, Slashdot, Lifehacker, Macrumors, and of course UneasySilence. If something rolls past them that’s fake, well, then that’s a risk I take by reading their stories. In most cases, I’ll trust what I read from the blogs more than what I read in the papers.