"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain
KOkon. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:06 PM, ferry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pengantar: > sengaja saya share ke milis binusnet yang pertama, sebelum milis lain > yang saya ikuti juga saya share.. > supaya, sebagai alumni/part of computer base campus, kita tidak > dipermainkan oleh 'kemalasan' kita dalam menggali kebenaran. > start using google, jika anda mendapatkan informasi apapun yang tidak > anda ketahui kebenarannya, sebelum anda benar2 mem-forward kepada orang > lain.. > > salam > > ferry > ----------------------- > > I drive on Sitra Bridge almost every day; it's old, always overcrowded, > and definitely falling apart. It wasn't that unbelievable to get a > broadcast Blackberry message saying the bridge actually collapsed, > although I usually wait to confirm news before I spread it. > > Apparently the news wasn't true since I was zooming down the bridge 30 > minutes after I got that message, but still, the news (rumor) was all > over Blackberry messages, Facebook, and even my > not-so-connected-to-technology-aunt heard about it, and it literally > spread within the day. > > So how fast does it take to spread a rumor? Let's find out. Talking to > my cousin who asked me whether the Sitra Bridge collapsing thing was > true, we decided to set up another rumor and see how long it takes to > spread. The rumor is pretty silly, actually, but it's fun to see how > viral it gets. Here's what I came up with (Since we're spreading it > through blackberry, it might as well be a blackberry news item) ; > > Guys, BB Messenger will become subscription only! "Nov 18, 2009; John > Adams, president of RIM, the company that provides the Blackberry, has > noted regret about closing some of the companies services at the end of > the year: "The global crunch has been harsh on our company especially > past the second quarter, and unfortunately we will be dropping some of > the more expensive services we currently offer for free." The first > service to be dropped at the beginning of 2010 is the popular Blackberry > Messenger service, which will be restricted to paying subscribers. > Packages are targeted towards business subscribers with corporate > packages beginning at $200 per month for every 10 units. (CNN.com) > > Pushed out and sent to about 50 people on my list, and I asked my cousin > to let me know when he gets the message forwarded to him from other > people; that was at exactly 11:02pm. Within 1 minute two people had > replied complaining about RIM and their service, and one person asking > me if it was true or not. Within 5 minutes I got 3 broadcast messages, 2 > other people asking me about whether it was true, one person who told me > they had googled it and found nothing, and one person warning me to not > send stupid forward messages again. I told the people who replied that I > actually made it up as a test and to keep track and let me know if they > receive any broadcast messages or replies. > > By the tenth minute I had feedback from my trackers of over 20 broadcast > messages sent back to them from various people, comments like "RIM > should sort out their server before asking for more money", "Great i'll > get back control of my life again" Hey guys you wanna get together and > put the money for a subscription" and more. By half an hour judging from > the people I know who had forwarded it, I estimated approx 600 people > had received the message (and that's not including people I know only, > who knows how many people I don't know forwarded it on). > > Ridiculous. > > I'm trying to keep track but it's starting to get hectic so i'll just > quit. It's pretty funny how people decide to spread rumors without > checking them for any credibility. Tons of rubbish out there, from the > "please forward as hotmail is tracking active accounts and will delete > if you don't forward", to "dunnowho will pay $1 for every person you > forward this to" to everything else. Some fall close to home, obviously; > I just got another message about Bershka in Kuwait having spy cameras > hidden in the changing rooms and you should watch out. > > People are sheep. 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