Comments on: Are We Engaged in Cyber War?

By: Madonna

Madonna — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:09:50 +0000

How apt.

By: cocoy

cocoy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:22:15 +0000

pfft bong, hayden kho’s and katrina halili’s sex vid? is it worst than say, True Blood on hbo? it’s nothing you know?

By: The De-politicizing Tendencies of the Hyperreal

The De-politicizing Tendencies of the Hyperreal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:50:13 +0000

[...]Marocharim, in his posts The Slacker Effect and Mona Lisa Overdrive, questions the triumphalist tendencies of social media over the realm of the real. In a nutshell, he does not think that ‘cyberactivism’ is a substitute for agency in the real world. I will be the first to agree with him, but I do not think that agency in either world need be mutually exclusive.[...]

By: Ding G. Gagelonia

Ding G. Gagelonia — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:44:47 +0000

Spot on here. GIGO is operative – garbage in, garbage out.

By: Ding G. Gagelonia

Ding G. Gagelonia — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:43:40 +0000

Yes Nick, This cyber war can cut both ways absent independent, multiple source confirmation of whatever information comes through the tweets, specially from twits masquerading as holders of legitimate information.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:00:54 +0000

so very true Ben.. Cocoy says in his article that such was the case, and individuals are being urged to also verify the tweets, and updates online.

By: BongV

BongV — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:54:14 +0000

am not surprised that all sorts of viral media, from blogs, tweets, youtube etc are being used to subvert the powers that be in Iran.

am not surprised that all sorts of viral media, from blogs, tweets, youtube etc are being used to dumb down the Filipino electorate.

Just a quick reminder about the prelude to HR 1109 – Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili on new media, swallowed, chewed, regurgitated by the Pinoy blogosphere – :lol:

The medium is a double edged sword.

By: Bencard

Bencard — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:30:35 +0000

agreed with everything you said, nick. but we should not lose sight of the fact that cyber technology can also be a tool for instant disinformation, hoaxes, put ons, demagoguery, set-ups, fakery and fraudulent simulations or fabrications. an analytical mind, capable of discerning and separating the chaff from the grain, the garbage from the useful, is necessary to make cyber information a formidable weapon for justice and righteousness.

By: Bencard

Bencard — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:09:59 +0000

hope it’s not like the american idol voting where one supporter can text his/her choice as many times as he/she wants. one fan admitted she voted 50,000 times for her “idol”. to paraphrase tom cruise’s character in “valkrie”, a bad idea doesn’t necessarily become good just because it’s popular.

By: Hyden Toro

Hyden Toro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:36:31 +0000

Or…are they written in the Blogospheres? The new Prophets,
the FV Bloggers?