I made some progress this evening on a computer\/internet problem that’s been bugging me for quite a while. Here’s the story:<\/p>\n
Many of my friends write blogs which I follow with great interest. They include a function on their blog which “shares” information to “social” websites. Click on a button on their blog page and some information is recorded, presumably to their benefit. To put it in (spine-tingling, intestinal-twisting) terms, if I click on the button the blogger has been “friended” by me and I am now an official “follower”. Excuse me while I vomit.<\/p>\n
There, I’m back. The trouble I have is that I need not click on that button, it runs automatically to tell Eviloogle I am reading that person’s blog. Never mind the blogger is not a minion of Eviloogle, it notifies them anyway. I am not a member, subscriber, registered user or a fan of Eviloogle, and do everything possible to keep their hands off my computer, though I recognize that’s unattainable. Whether or not my well-meaning favorite bloggers ever find out I read their post, Eviloogle knows and records that. <\/p>\n
I’ve managed to castrate that button on my friend’s blogs, though that’s only half the problem. Eviloogle knows I’ve received the blog post, but does’t know I read it. I’m counting that as a victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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