corrected Re: correction Re: astroturf

Educational CyberPlayGround admin at EDU-CYBERPG.COM
Fri Mar 11 00:43:45 UTC 2005


I stand corrected - just started working with foxfire and didn't
see the rss feed.

thanks so much,

karen

At 09:59 PM 3/9/2005, you wrote:
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>Poster:       Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
>Subject:      Re: correction Re: astroturf
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>On Mar 9, 2005, at 21:27, Educational CyberPlayGround wrote:
> > you saw the address http://www.baseballmusings.com that is a website
> > address which used computer progamming code to aggregate blogs onto
> > their website.
>
>I see no evidence that this is true. The software being used is
>Moveable Type, well-known blogging software. The content appears to be
>unique: I find no other instances of select phrases when searching
>Google, Technorati, or Feedster. The narrative thread in the posts is
>also consistent, which would not be the case if they were the product
>of an aggregator.
>
>Grant Barrett
>gbarrett at worldnewyork.org



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