There’s Gently Encouraging Sharing, and There’s Whoring

I ran across this article about iPhone 3G tips/tricks on Hongkiat. All-in-all, an okay compilation of random how-tos… But that's not what this post is about.

Now, I'm all for having social-network links in blog posts. Hell, you'll notice them below posts on this site. I think these links should be there if you need them, but pretty unobtrusive. I like to think they're pretty subtle here. Hongkiat, apparently, has a different opinion:

link-whoring

This is what we call whoring. That image is only slightly narrower than the content column. The thing was (relatively) huge!  At least it wasn't an insane list of sites a mile long, such as Real Tech News a few years ago. (The image was made for a fark post a long time ago. They've gotten much better since then.)

Remember kids, Sharing is Caring™, until you force the diabetic kid to eat a Twinkie because you think it's good for him.

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  • Connoromail
    I have seen this many times before, actually. Also like this is this situation:
    obama declares no fly zone
    BY ERIC CARTMAN
    blah blah blah
    POSTED BY ERIC CARTMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Fake name.
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