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A Lesson from Neil Denny: Outside Funding for Skeptic Projects2 comments

Tim Farley wrote 3 weeks ago: British Airways jet landing, courtesy of Wikipedia.My “Wishlist Wednesday” posts are all … more →

Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Little Atoms, Podcasts, Travel

There is no #AntiAtheistCampaign on Twitter. It's just a crackdown on spam.14 comments

Tim Farley wrote 1 month ago: I happened to stumble across a few Tweets yesterday that contained the hashtag #AntiAtheistCampaign. … more →

Tags: Social Media, Atheism, bigot baiting, mabus, Spam, twitter

FishBarrel now supports US FDA complaints1 comment

Tim Farley wrote 6 months ago: Last month I reported on the pain being felt by alternative medicine practitioners in the UK as a re … more →

Tags: Tool, JREF crosspost, FishBarrel

Case Study: How a notorious spammer was brought down via Twitter112 comments

Tim Farley wrote 9 months ago: Today the Montreal Police announced that an arrest has been made (in French here) in the “Mabu … more →

Tags: HOW TO?, Social Media, mabus, Spam, Tumblr, twitter

Please Don't Start Another Blog or Podcast!10 comments

Tim Farley wrote 11 months ago: Update June 29: Now with video. My presentation at SkeptiCamp Atlanta 2011 this past weekend was tit … more →

Tags: presentations, Skeptic Events, HOW TO?, Web, Presentation, Video, gamification, crowdsourcing, Podcasts

Web of Trust even more crucial to skeptics with Facebook integration6 comments

Tim Farley wrote 11 months ago: Back in March I wrote about how important Web of Trust could be for skeptical outreach. A few recent … more →

Tags: Social Media, Web, web of trust, facebook, crowdsourcing, wot

Greasing the wheels of skeptical activism: FishBarrel3 comments

Tim Farley wrote 1 year ago: Update April 22: Possibility of a U.S. version, we need feedback on which forms to target. See botto … more →

Tags: Tool, FishBarrel

Web of Trust is a useful tool for skeptics11 comments

Tim Farley wrote 1 year ago: It’s frustrating being a skeptic. We do our best to explain why homeopathy or Power Balance wr … more →

Tags: Web, web of trust, crowdsourcing, wot

Gamification and skepticism2 comments

Tim Farley wrote 1 year ago: One of the hot new terms in the world of web-based services is gamification. This is when a web site … more →

Tags: Web, SEO, stack overflow, stack exchange, Foursquare, gamification

Web archiving is an important skeptic tool5 comments

Tim Farley wrote 2 years ago: You may have noticed a new badge appeared recently on the right side of this blog that says Keep Lib … more →

Tags: Web, psychics, Chiropractors, Simon Singh, Wayback

Why skeptics should pay close attention to Wikipedia14 comments

Tim Farley wrote 3 years ago: I’ve mentioned in several articles how important I feel it is to reach out to what Michael She … more →

Tags: Wikipedia

Skeptics! Load your google bombs!15 comments

Tim Farley wrote 3 years ago: There’s an important task we need all skeptics to perform this week. It is to help one of our … more →

Tags: Web, stopsylvia.com, Sylvia Browne, googlebomb, SEO

The Long Tail of Skeptical Web Sites11 comments

Tim Farley wrote 3 years ago: Two new skeptical websites have drawn a great deal of attention recently. One is skepticblog and the … more →

Tags: Web, Long Tail, Long Tail

Push Protesting

Tim Farley wrote 3 years ago: This is a presentation I gave at the second Atlanta barcamp on Saturday, October 18th, 2008. It buil … more →

Tags: presentations, Web, microformats, push protesting, geoprotesting, HReview, georss, KML, barcamp

Not just for spam anymore: NOFOLLOW for skepticism10 comments

Tim Farley wrote 3 years ago: If you’ve been following the blogosphere for a while, you know that there was a huge problem w … more →

Tags: Web, NOFOLLOW">, Semantic Web, microformats, SEO


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