Human-flesh Search Engines Unearth Dark Side of Online Community Wired posted a story yesterday about how a small riot following the World Series win for the San Francisco Giants sparked what, in China, would be known as a 'human flesh search' for...
Human-flesh Search Engines Unearth Dark Side of Online Community by Jonathan Allen The 5th C of Community, Social Commerce - Brian Solis Online ads and search results leave lasting impressions, even if consumers don't click - Internet Retailer
Later, after expressing a liberal view towards the Chinese situation in Tibet, web users dug more deeply into her online identity, discovered that post and equated her political views with the 'inhuman' emotions expressed in her post and called...
Human-flesh Search Engines Unearth Dark Side of Online Community In China, online vigilantes, or “netizens,” use the Internet as a “human flesh search engine” to find and punish people who publish material they consider inappropriate.
I'd point out that this strategy works well for Snap's users, also -- by focusing on the specific terms, you are helping to flesh out the directory in areas that it lacks relevant listings. That board is supposed "to ensure the company is held...
