I've been receiving lots of mail and links about this and that, have friends post cautions on FB too... Most of them mean well; they want to pass along helpful cautions and tips.
I remember reading about a python swallowing a 16-year-old boy in Taman Negara. It was a hoax but many actually believed it. Recently I received an email concerning Burundanga, a drug which if you touch will render you helpless. Such kinds of news are made more believable because they are sent by our friends. One reason why viral marketing works great is because we share all these supposedly must know and good stuff with the people in our social network.
What about testimonials of people? Sometimes you get email about what a person says about his faith only to find out later that it's just half truths or even worse, no truth. The point is, these days truth can be masked and untruths can be passed on as truths. And we are no better than before... Too much information can bring about more headaches too.... one pinch of salt may not enough often times. LOL!
What about testimonials of people? Sometimes you get email about what a person says about his faith only to find out later that it's just half truths or even worse, no truth. The point is, these days truth can be masked and untruths can be passed on as truths. And we are no better than before... Too much information can bring about more headaches too.... one pinch of salt may not enough often times. LOL!
3 comments:
What i find fascinating about Msians is how much people believe SMS they received.
What I find fascinating is how much we believe the emails sent to us as truths! The truth is out there... memang pun but it's hard to pick them out sometimes.
unfortunately some people find it easier to believe what they are told compared to engaging their brains and thinking it through for themselves :(
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