Comments on: What happened to Snopes.com? http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: enam http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2957 enam Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:15:54 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2957 <p>In Firefox you can also select with the keyboard using caret browsing (F7 key).</p> In Firefox you can also select with the keyboard using caret browsing (F7 key).

]]> By: bryan http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 bryan Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:48:07 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2606 <p>Thank god for greasemonkey and noScript. :)</p> Thank god for greasemonkey and noScript. :)

]]> By: Socrates http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Socrates Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:35:48 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2604 <p>Aristotle, this is Socrates. And I remember when Snopes had copyable text without turning off Javascript.</p> Aristotle, this is Socrates. And I remember when Snopes had copyable text without turning off Javascript.

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2603 Aristotle Pagaltzis Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:52:31 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2603 <p>That anti-select script has been there for as long as I can remember.</p> That anti-select script has been there for as long as I can remember.

]]> By: Hanan Cohen http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2602 Hanan Cohen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:59:48 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2602 <p>I run the Israeli equivalent of snopes.com and this is why I am so sensitive to what's happening there.</p> <p>I have totally trusted them (I don't belive I am writing this in past tense) but now I will have to put on my skepticism when I read their recommendations.</p> I run the Israeli equivalent of snopes.com and this is why I am so sensitive to what’s happening there.

I have totally trusted them (I don’t belive I am writing this in past tense) but now I will have to put on my skepticism when I read their recommendations.

]]> By: Cameron Barrett http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2601 Cameron Barrett Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:28:12 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2601 <p>Yeah, I got the impression they sold out a while ago. It was a good idea but they lost a lot of credibility with their choices in online advertising technologies, etc.</p> Yeah, I got the impression they sold out a while ago. It was a good idea but they lost a lot of credibility with their choices in online advertising technologies, etc.

]]> By: Dan Lyke http://rc3.org/2008/04/22/what-happened-to-snopescom/comment-page-1/#comment-2600 Dan Lyke Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:18:38 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8206#comment-2600 <p>I think Snopes lost all of their credibility when they were pushing adware (Zango) in their advertising. All of a sudden they stopped being a place we could send the newbies to.</p> <p>As usual, XKCD summed it up brilliantly: http://xkcd.com/250/</p> I think Snopes lost all of their credibility when they were pushing adware (Zango) in their advertising. All of a sudden they stopped being a place we could send the newbies to.

As usual, XKCD summed it up brilliantly: http://xkcd.com/250/

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