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More on the workings of OLPC…
Hey guys, here is a link to a video I found about how OLPC works - everything about the technology of the little green laptop! Enjoy…
Summary for the Final Week…
Kiss and Make-Up?
So I waited a week to let things calm down and to give myself a chance to see whether some of the members of womansavers.com would include or ignore me if I joined them in the community chat room. I was intrigued to find that, although I may have caused some upset with my post, they didn’t hold a grudge and were quick to give me another chance and include me in their conversation, and their community. Before I describe the email and feedback I personally received, before I was ‘forgiven’, I am going to compare the variety of reactions I did get to my post, on both womansavers.com and dontdatehimgirl.com…
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Disrupt interrupted…kind of creepy…
So I seemed to have caused a lot of upset with my one little ‘innocent’ post on womensavers.com - to the point where someone wrote the following comment, the 22 and final comment I have received so far…
“Check this out-it‘s a class assignment. What kind of class? TROLLING? OMG. Here are women who‘s lives are coming apart at the seams, and we have people trying to disrupt sites for a class assignment!
I think we should all leave them a nice comment on how to please go F*** themselves. ”
And then they pasted my post asking for advice on how to intervene and disrupt dontdatehimgirl.com (a different site from this one). So i’m guessing this woman is a member of both sites and saw that I posted the same message and then stalked my internet trail? I don’t know but it has kind of creeped me out…
Before I got that message which completely distracted and shocked me - not sure if one of you wrote it - I did receive a lot of interesting feedback, including a catfight between two members commenting back and forth, an accusation of being a ‘DUDE’ and also a message from one of the site founders clarifying the purpose of the site and explaining in a nice way all of the wrong assumptions I made in my post! I will post more about these messages, as well as the two I received on dontdatehimgirl.com (completely different response/interest level from womensavers.com) later,
Just wanted to know whether one of you wrote the comment about this class or if not what I should do about it - when I looked up the members profile apparently they have been a member since July ‘06 and their occupation is “Personal yeller”…any thoughts/advice on this? never expected this much drama from one post! craziness 
Already making enemies…
So although my first response to my controversial post on cheating possibly not being the man’s fault and possibly the woman’s was more civil then I expected the responses I have since received have not been so ‘friendly‘!
I have received 9 replies in total and out of those nine responses all but one responded negatively about men and how it is their fault, posing various reasons to support this, and the odd one out didn’t exactly agree with me but did acknowledge how women can get away with a lot of bad behaviors as well, and that men can’t read minds so maybe communication is at fault?
However my favorite response was one that a) was very blunt, angry, definitely not civil like the first response, and b) kind of personally attacked me as well for expressing the opinion that I did…here it is:
“What?!
OK- I‘ll give you that not EVERYTHING in a relationship is the mans fault. That‘s impossible. Woman are not always right.
However- when a man CHEATS on his girlfriend/fiance/wife.. you REALLY think that it‘s HER fault? If the woman a man is with isn‘t making him happy.. he should leave her or try to work things out if he‘s willing.. not CHEAT on her. That also goes if a woman cheats on her boyfriend/finace/husband.
Also- women on this site aren‘t talking about their men behind their backs, they‘re coming here for support because they have been hurt by their CHEATING and/or ABUSIVE boyfriends/fiances/husbands. I‘m sure there‘s nothing that they have said on this board that they haven‘t said to the scumbag‘s face who ripped their heart out and spit on it.
Everyone is entilted to their own opinion so if that‘s what you think so be it.. that‘s you.”
So I’m guessing we’re not going to be friends, for some reason I don’t think she likes me much?! if you have any ideas on what would be interesting to do next let me know - i did also post the same topic on dontdatehimgirl.com so I will see if the members of that site respond as well as the members of womansavers.com did!
Why is it always HIS fault?
Alright, so I was having a lot of trouble figuring out how to interrupt the site dontdatehimgirl.com because it wouldn’t let me do anything other then post about a guy I was having ‘problems’ with. So instead I found the site womensavers.com, which is another site devoted to helping women. I joined this site and found that most of it was dedicated to identifying and talking about men who cheat and ways for women to avoid them/vent to one another about their experiences.
I decided to post a topic advocating men and claiming that it is the woman’s fault for the problems in their relationship… I have done this to stir up the community, which has been brought together out of their common experiences of men ‘doing wrong’ by them.
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A ‘community’ of women standing alone…
Hey guys,
so I am writing to ask for some advice and help on how to intervene in the environment of dontdatehimgirl.com. I went to a film screening and met some other members of the site - but what I found was that although there are many members and a huge variety within the community each person kind of stands alone. The post and vent and seek advice but I have not found much communication between members other then comments on various posts on the forum of the site.
So I am writing because I am not sure how to ‘disrupt’ and intervene on the site because I don’t know what would get responses or interest from the members in order to get feedback and disrupt the site. If anyone has any ideas on where I should go from here - I am still trying to figure out what would have an impact on the site! The site is dontdatehimgirl.com I’d love it if anyone could help me
thanks guys 
So you want to be a star?… Love-bytes web television can help…
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I have found some interesting opportunities while exploring dontdatehimgirl.com, most of which are not about actual dating per say but rather about gaining advice from the Love Panel or just posting random thoughts about anything you are interested in on Whats on your mind as well as opportunities to learn how to Empower Yourself, watch DDHG tv, listen and download DDHG music, learn beauty tips, win prizes and shop for DDHG memorabilia. Over break and this past week I have been exploring each of these different channels and have tried to post blogs in both the Love Panel and the Whats on your mind but have had some technical difficulties submitting my posts.
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However I found an interesting ‘prize’ that I am thinking of interacting with – it is the opportunity to be a ‘star’ on web-only television series by sending a 90 second video clip about a recent dating experience you’ve had with a guy.I find this interesting because this site is not really aimed to help members find love but rather to exploit/offer ways to get over bad relationships and share their experiences with the world.
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Don’t Date Him Girl!
So I thought a lot about how to make this topic more interesting and find a way to investigate online dating that was different from what has been done before and I decided to try looking at the other side of online dating – aka the sites ‘against’ or different from finding your soul mate or a hookup etc and I found a really interesting site called
 One of the most frequently asked questions and the site’s reply caught my eye and intrigued me to want to investigate this site furhter. The question and answer that intrigued me was,
- “Question: If I’m a Guy, How Can I Get a Posting About Me Removed?
Answer: By signing up for membership on DDHG, you must agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The policy states that what you’re posting to the site is the truth and does not contain any defamatory information. Please do not post addresses, social security numbers or any other personally identifying information about anyone to this service. For more information, you may view our Terms of Use Policy here. DontDateHimGirl.com is free site and does not charge a membership fee. “
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Love at first site?
hey guys, sorry this post is so late - have had midterms and work up the wazoo - but just wanted to let you all know what i’ve done so far. Â I’ve created an account on chemistry.com and the background information and questionnaires i had to fill out were very extensive and detailed. Â So far they have selected 10 possible matches for me to read their profiles and rate them. Â I think in order to find out more about them after this point I have to subscribe to the site - I’m not sure what that entails as I have not done that yet!Â
So far my matches titles have ranged from ”hey there” and “yo” to ”Are you the one?” and “Would like to meet and grow old with me…”Â
- I have also signed up an account on funhookups.com but have not completed a profile or anything yet - this site is completely different from first glance and what i have learned so far.
  
- It seems this site I have to search for possible matches myself and set up events/meetings myself. Â I am intrigued in continuing this exploration with sheila to investigate the differences in approaches of these sites as well as the people who join them. Â Should be interesting…who knows maybe i’ll find my soul mate!!Â
