Disinformation campaigns
Someone called me today asking whether I had any stories about weird informational things happening online. He was focused on new strange advertising/promotional/lobbying efforts popping up.
I immediately pointed him to the avatars having their picture taken for OneWebDay. And I told him about odd commentators on blogs that discuss net neutrality — people who seem to be paid to look for pro-neutrality posts so that they can slap them down in the comments. We discussed online astroturfing generally. We talked about infiltration of chat rooms.
But if you have stories of the weird that seem to fit in with this theme, send a note or leave a comment.