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eXpletive Archive Shutting Down Due to Resources and Low Conversion

eXpletiveArchive — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 15:56:03 -08:00

eXpletive Archive is shutting down due to high resource usage and conversion rates too low to justify purchasing additional resources. eXpletive Archive detected use of expletives, ethnic slurs, homophobic remarks, and accusations on social media before archiving the results. Unfortunately, most content aggregated by eXpletive Archive saw little engagement largely due to it being left out of search engines and most people just not caring if they got caught using the words. Categories that saw more engagement have been migrated to a different site focused more on content known for better engagement instead of simply taking broad collections of data based on broad keywords. eXpletive Archive consumed large amounts of storage space due to images. We frequently found ourselves having to run plugins designed to compress images or remove unused images in bulk but even that couldn't make up for the fact that expletives are used so often that most of the content we ended up with was low quality Tweets that just happened to use the f-word or one of George Carlin's other 7 dirty words you can't say on television. Our newer site looks more for statements of substance indicating allegations of wrongdoing. Ethnic Slurs and Homophobic Remarks Often Not Used Hatefully The biggest surprise of eXpletive Archive was how hard it was to find homophobic and racist remarks based on use of homophobic terms and ethnic slurs. Those words seemed to be used often by those they've typically been used against. Gay men often use the word "fag" in reference to themselves, the same is true with the ethnic slur "beaner" regarding Latinos, and the n-word with blacks. We got more complaints from gay men angry over being caught calling themselves "fags", Latinos calling themselves "beaners", and blacks calling themselves the n-word than we did straight people caught calling homosexuals "fags" or racist people calling Latinos and blacks their ethnic slurs. People caught using ethnic slurs historically directed at them often demanded removals on the grounds of their race or sexual orientation as if a computer incapable of knowing what race someone was were somehow racist for treating everyone who used the same words the same way regardless of their race. They didn't seem to understand that the computer doesn't understand context and that any policy which would give people preferences based on their race would be racist. It would mean that people of certain races could get anything removed simply by claiming membership of the historically marginalized group in question. On top of that we don't hire staff to review complaints beyond pasting directions in response to emails normally. We were not in the position to hire anyone to review content for any type of context, so our policy options were limited to only things that wouldn't increase the need to manually do things. Accusations Migrated Accusations seemed to convert the best, so those have been migrated for the most part to a new site which focuses more on accusations. People seem to engage most with accusations against businesses followed by accusations against people. Accusations against businesses typically involve scams or ripoffs while allegations against people typically involve being unfaithful to intimate partners or engaging in other taboo activity. Associates Migrated eXpletive Archive began monitoring people mentioning associates of theirs. That section was one of the first to be migrated last year. That section focused primarily on people talking about their exes or employers. Be careful what you say about your ex or your boss online. Conclusion eXpletive Archive was an interesting project which swept far too broadly to be feasible long term. We hope to further build upon what we began with eXpletive Archive build better archives with more interesting information.
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How to Use Your New RSS Feed on Post Almost Anything

PostAlmostAnything.com — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:17:34 -07:00

PostAlmostAnything.com now features really simple syndication (RSS) feeds for all category listings and user accounts. This allows for the syndication of our content on other platforms. Post Almost Anything users can now automatically share their posts on social networks if they know what they're doing. To find your RSS feeds simply visit your profile, right click before selecting view source (in most browsers), look for the URLs in the head section that end with "/feed" and click on them. You should see two feed links in the source code. One for your 10 most recent posts and one for 10 random posts. The most recent posts is great for any user wanting their new items to be auto-shared on social media to keep their followers up to date. The random posts feed is great for users with a lot of old content they want to refresh by sharing it like new again. We recommend using third party services to connect RSS feeds to your social media accounts. We often use Dlvrit.com but if you want a free alternative you can try Zapier.com or IFTTT.com. Zapier has a free trial that allows up to 1,000 posts for free. IFTTT is always free. In the future, we will add links to your profile as well as category listing pages directing users to the unique feeds. Until then, just use the source code to find them.
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Announcing the Oh My God! Its Back! Website Revival Project

OMGBack — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 01:08:48 -07:00

Today we are proud to announce the Oh My God! Its Back! project where we will be reviving long dead but certainly not forgotten websites. We will focus primarily on sites renowned for their unique and in some cases revolutionary embrace of free speech. The sites are being revived using the Internet Archive at Archive.org. These will only be partial revivals of course since Archive.org doesn't have compete copies of the sites we are targeting, but they have enough to make their users feel nostalgic. The first two sites on our list are Blipdar and Cheaterville. Blipdar also known as College ACB (Anonymous Confession Board) was an academic gossip website founded under the name JHU Confessions in 2008 that operated until 2011. Cheaterville was the original website for scorned lovers to report their ex for cheating on them. It launched in 2011 and operated until 2015 when the site was redirected to an anti-bullying site. The download of Blipdar is almost finished, so it will be revived first. We are expected to finish the restore in a week or two, but we've never done this before so we don't know what to expect. As long as importing HTML files into our Wordpress database goes as it should it shouldn't take too long. We are reviving these sites to let the users of today comment on the users of yesteryear. We will also use the OMGBack.com site to market new free speech friendly platforms to users that miss being able to post almost anything online.
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Portland Shooter Identified as Dennis Anderson

PostAlmostAnything.com — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:23:15 -07:00

Today's Portland shooter appears to be Dennis G. Anderson. We took a look at various photos from the incident and compared them with booking photos from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office today. The mugshot of Dennis G. Anderson is dead ringer for the man photographed countless times by onlookers as he was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm. This incident took place following a brawl between Proud Boys and Antifa. In the video below it looks like shots are being fired at his as well. Look at the pictures and video on this page. Compare the mugshot with other images. Tell us what you think. Image credits include: https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1429629990199468040/photo/1 https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1429629990199468040/photo/2 https://twitter.com/ACatWithNews/status/1429641643045527553/photo/1 https://mcso.us/PAID/Home/Booking/1521753
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5 Star Rating System, Messaging, and Notifications Added to PAA

PostAlmostAnything.com — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 19:26:54 -07:00

Post Almost Anything now features direct messaging, a 5 star rating system, and notifications. We hope that this will increase engagement by allowing people to communicate with one another, know when someone has commented on or rated their work, and make it easier for readers to gauge user sentiment. Logged in members can now send messages directly to other members by visiting any profile and clicking the link that says "Message" followed by the recipient's user name. You will then be taken to a page featuring inputs for subject line and message body. Click send and the recipient will receive a notification that you sent them a message with a link to where they can view the message. If they respond to the message then you will receive a notification of the reply. If you no longer wish to receive these notifications you can disable them in your account settings under "Notifications." You can also check to see if you have any new messages simply by clicking on your user name in the site navigation and you will see a red number next to the word "Messages" indicating how many new messages you have. For the sake of efficiency each message and all replies directed to you are marked as read whenever you load any message you received. Logged in users can now include a rating between one and five stars when posting comments. Each rating requires a comment because we want people to explain the reasoning behind their rating. Users can only rate a post once, so if you want to change your rating you will need to deactivate the previous comment used to rate the post. You can do that by logging in, viewing your profile, and selecting the option to edit your comment. We hope that adding this will make Post Almost Anything a preferred alternative to Craigslist for classified ads because people can now see what other users think of each listing. We also think it makes the Rants and Raves section a great place for rating people, businesses, and government agencies. Whenever someone comments on your posts you will receive an email informing you that someone commented on your post if you checked the little box that says, "Email me when someone comments on, rates, or likes my post" when your post was created. You can toggle notifications on and off on a post by post basis simply by viewing your post while logged in clicking the link towards the top that says "CLICK HERE to Edit." You can also check to see if you have any new notifications simply by clicking on your user name in the site navigation and you will see a red number next to the word "Notifications" indicating how many new messages you have. For efficiencies sake each notification is considered old whenever the notifications page is checked. What's Next? Next we will focus on adding the ability to like any post or comment. Unlike ratings, likes will not require you to include a comment. That way people can easily say they like something without doing any work beyond clicking the Like button. After that we will focus on recoding parts of the site to make our database queries faster and then we will enable profile editing followed by the ability to post status updates.
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Oregonians Must Gain Weight to Get COVID Vaccine by April 19th

PhatMedsUSA — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:10:40 -07:00

According to the Oregon Health Authority, Oregonians between the ages of 16 and 44 have until April 19th to gain enough weight to qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine if they do not already have an underlying health condition and are not considered to be frontline workers. That is because obesity is on the list of underlying conditions and it is clearly defined as anyone with a BMI over 30. The CDC has a free online BMI calculator for those wondering if they are obese at https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html where you simply enter your current height and weight. If your BMI is already over 30 you qualify as obese and need only maintain your weight to qualify. You should make sure to verify your status as an obese person with your doctor as soon as you are aware of your condition before April 19th so that people know you are not just claiming to be obese because you are fat. If you are a border line case make sure to eat more fatty foods between now and April 19th so that you know that you will still qualify by then. Weigh yourself regularly and use the BMI calculator. If you are not obese then you should figure out how much weight you need to gain to be considered obese and start eating more if you think you can gain that much. People can easily gain as much as 5 or even 10 pounds per week if they do it right. Just increase your calorie intake by finding the most fattening foods you can think of and eating as much as you can. If you only need to gain 20 pounds or less then you should consider eating all of your meals at McDonald's and supersizing them. In 2004, documentary film maker Morgan Spurlock gained 24 pounds by eating only at McDonald's for a month (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me) and you can too. The Oregon Health Authority defines underlying health conditions as follows: Cancer • Chronic kidney disease • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) • Down Syndrome • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant or HIV • Obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2) • Pregnancy • Sickle cell disease • Type 2 diabetes mellitus The Oregon Health Authority defines frontline workers as follows: • A frontline worker is someone who has a job that puts the individual at higher risk for contracting COVID-19 because of: » Regular close contact with others outside of their household (less than six feet); and » Routine (more than 15 minutes per person(s)) close contact with others outside of their household; and » They cannot perform their job duties from home or another setting that limits the close or routine contact with others outside of their household. These include† : • Vaccine manufacturing, and manufacturing of therapeutics, devices, supplies, or personal protective equipment • Other food and agriculture not included in Phase 1b, Group 6, including ranching, beverage manufacturing, nurseries, garden centers, farm supply stores, veterinary services, fishing and hunting, forestry • Grocery stores and retail (any) stores, including food markets, pharmacies, convenience stores, retail clothing and specialty stores • Community colleges, colleges, universities, vocational rehabilitation, trade and professional schools and related educational support services, administration of education programs • U.S. Postal Service • Public transit, including rural, interurban and urban bus and rail operators, school and employee bus transportation, special needs transportation • Manufacturing, including wood, paper, petroleum, coal, asphalt, roofing, chemical, plastics, metal, industrial machinery, computers, electronics, transportation, cabinet and countertops, medical equipment, repair and maintenance, industrial design services • Transportation and logistics for any industry included in Phase 1b, including air, rail, water, truck, taxi, limousine, charter bus, other transit and ground passenger transportation, driving schools, wholesalers, warehousing, storage and delivery services, packaging and labeling, motor vehicle and parts dealers, electronic shopping and parts dealers, transportation rental and leasing, and repair and maintenance, related services • Food service, including restaurants and bars, commissaries, community food service • Energy, including utilities, oil and gas extraction, mining, gas stations, fuel dealers, fuel delivery, environmental consulting, utilities • Water and wastewater, solid waste management and recycling, including utilities • Housing, including construction, contractors, real estate, community housing services, affordable housing programs, traveler accommodations, commercial accommodations, interior design, architectural, engineering and related services. • Information technology and communications, including software publishing, telecommunications, data processing, hosting and related services, internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals, computer system design and related services, consumer electronics repair and maintenance, communication equipment repair and maintenance • News media, including broadcasting and publishing, newsstands • Child day care services not included in Phase 1b, groups 1-4, including day camps and afterschool activities. • Public health, including scientific and technical consulting, research and development, administration • Health care and related services not included in Phase 1a, including services for elderly and persons with disabilities, other individual and family services, funeral homes and funeral services, cemeteries and crematories • Public safety not included in Phase 1a, including, including civil engineering, waste management and remediation services, human services and social services, such as child protective services • Finance, including banks, credit intermediation, credit bureaus, securities, commodities contracts, financial investments and related activities, accounting, tax preparation, payroll services, company management, • Legal, including courts staff, judges, attorneys, court reporting, parole and probation offices • Government, including employees and contractors performing services or business for the public, and elected officials, libraries • State of Oregon legislative and executive branch as specified by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) • Other: Investigation and security services, zoos and botanical gardens, nature parks and similar institutions, amusement and recreation industries, appliance repair and maintenance, personal and household goods repair and maintenance, pet care, drying cleaning and laundry services, religious organizations, private household services (e.g. in-home child care, housecleaning, in-home repair), administration of conservation programs
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Volunteers Improve Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon

Mr.CorrectTruth — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:53:52 -08:00

Volunteers are needed in Portland, Oregon where efforts are underway to improve the exterior of the federal courthouse with public service announcements. Just head down to the corner of SW Third and Main in downtown Portland and make sure to bring spray paint. Try to have a PSA in mind before you show up because the staff have a habit of attacking volunteers while they work. Gas mask recommended. UPDATE: The feds have once again erected a fence around the building to thwart the work of community volunteers and obstruct future efforts. Fortunately, there are plenty of other federal facilities in Portland and surrounding areas equally in need of volunteers. Here are my five favorites: IRS 1220 SW 3rd Ave Portland, OR 97204 Immigration and Customs Enforcement 4310 S Macadam Ave Portland, OR 97239 FBI Portland Field Office 9109 NE Cascades Pkwy Portland, OR 97220 ATF 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd #700 Portland, OR 97232 Federal Correctional Institution 27072 SW Ballston Rd Sheridan, Oregon 97378
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Bug Fix: ASP.Net Core with Entity Framework Data Annotation Validators

PostAlmostAnything.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:02:44 -08:00

Today we fixed a problem that was causing users to create broken posts in the Rants and Raves category on this site. The problem was that we failed to add a line of code needed for validation to function properly. Without that line of code users were able to submit the form without selecting a required value. The bug was easy to identify and fix in a matter of minutes once we tested the form ourselves and noticed that we were not being given an error when we failed to select a value for Sentiment. We simply looked at the annotation we already had for the corresponding field in our Entity Framework model and compared it to other fields in other models that were also bound to select lists for other categories. When we did that we noticed that the Sentiment field in the Rants and Raves model was missing a required line of code. This led to two problem. The first problem was that we had failed to add a range annotation that required the integer value submitted to be greater than 1. This is the value that ASP.Net Core uses to generate the code needed for the jQuery Unobtrusive Validation Plugin to know that the value submitted for that field must be greater than 1. Without that no error will be given to the user if the value they submit is 0. That was the case when users submitted the form without selecting a value for Sentiment because in addition to values from the Sentiment table the select list used to allow the user to select a value has a default option that does not correspond to anything in the database. It has a value of 0 and displays text which says "Select Sentiment." Since the default selected option technically had a numeric value of 0 it would pass the required field validation check because that simply checks to see if the value is null. The second problem was that our database does not permit records to be created if they violate SQL Server referential integrity rules. Those rules are fairly simple in that they require a match between the value in the Rants and Raves table if it has a relationship with a value in a different table. This is called a primary and foreign key relationship. The primary key is typically the row id number in one table and the foreign key is typically a value in a second table related to that row id. In this case the primary key in the Sentiment table can be an integer of 1 or 2 because there are two rows in that table (1 for negative and 2 for positive). If someone tries to insert an integer in the Rants and Raves table column that has a relationship with the Sentiment table it must be 1 or 2 because a different number will not match any row id number in the Sentiment table. That is the case when the record submitted to the database has an integer value of 0 for Sentiment. SQL Server will not allow a record to be created in the Rants and Raves table that has a value of 0 for sentiment because it violates the referential integrity constraint. When that happens a records is created in the Posts table but not the Rants and Raves table. Since every entry in the Posts table must also have a corresponding entry in one of the category tables in order to render a valid result on a page the end results were pages displaying nothing but error messages. Solution Adding a range validation annotation is the best way to solve this problem. It prevents the form from submitting without a value of 1 or greater in the Sentiment field of the Rants and Raves table. Some might wonder why we would permit a record to be added to the Posts table but not the Rants and Raves table. The reason is that there is value in the Rants and Raves table that requires the Post ID number from the new row in the Posts table. A row must first be created in the Posts table before it can be added to the Rants and Raves table. That is necessary so that the database knows which record from the Rants and Raves table to retrieve for each specific entry in the Posts table.
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Post Almost Anything Development Update

PostAlmostAnything.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:43:16 -07:00

Post Almost Anything finally has a partially completed offline form that posts new records to the database. That is the good news. The bad news is that we still need to make that form capable of uploading images before we can put the form online for you to use. We should have that part finished shortly. After that we will add a form for editing existing reports.
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Anderson Cooper Coming to Portland, Oregon

STDRegistry — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:13:39 -07:00

CNNs Anderson Cooper is coming to Portland, Oregon on September 27,2019 for a show at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are on sale now and you can even pay to meet and greet him for the incredibly low price of just $291.50. People that pay to meet them will get a handshake and a photo opportunity. Less than premium customers can still site in the audience and observe Anderson on stage talking about himself for as low as just $62.55. This might sound to some like the deal of a lifetime, but it is real. You have not lost your grip on reality. It really is possible to meet Anderson Cooper in Portland, Oregon and tickets are on sale now. You can see just how short Anderson Cooper is in person and hear how someone so small has built such a big name. You can get so close that you could basque in the shadow of a taller man. Even if you don't pay to meet the man just going to "An Evening with Anderson Cooper" might be enough to make you happy without or even because you did not meet him up close.
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No Limit List Corporate Advocacy Program Up and Running

CorporateAdvocacy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:49:08 -08:00

The No Limit List Corporate Advocacy Program (NLLCAP) is finally fully operational following several delays. Now what originally began as a basic idea for offering premium reputation management services on this site is now a comprehensive service designed for non-profit organizations, government organizations, and private individuals as well. The final service also includes a number of other websites all of which support NLLCAP as a search engine optimization program on top of their own site specific policies for content removal. To better assist NLLCAP customers this official CorporateAdvocacy user account has been created and will be used to communicate with NLLCAP clients. Approved NLLCAP applicants will receive confirmation of their approval from this account using the private messaging system which automatically sends No Limit List members email notifications whenever they have a new message or a reply has been made to one of their messages.
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Standard Flash Video Embedding Instructions

VideoLessons — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:48:44 -08:00

Browser URL You can add any standard Adobe Flash file with a uniform resource locator (URL) that ends in the .swf file extension to the video URL text box on post creation and editing forms. In cases where the URL in your browser ends in .swf just copy and paste. Embedded URL If the video you want to embed comes with embed code you may be able to find a Flash URL by looking for a string of characters beginning with "http:" and ending with ".swf". URL in Page Info Sometimes you can find a Flash URL in FireFox by right clicking, selecting "View Page Info", and clicking on "media" option. URL in Page Source Sometimes you can find a Flash URL by looking at the source code of the page. In Internet Explorer you can do this by selecting "view" and scrolling down to "source". Hidden URL If all else fails the website has gone to lengths to hide the Flash URL or they may use another format. In either case you may still be able to find the source URL using special software.
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