Comments on: understanding email chain letters http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/ making lives better, making better lives Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: sleeping girl http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-688586 sleeping girl Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:18:41 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-688586 Hello. Thanks for your therapeutic analysis… i found it relieving... Hello.
Thanks for your therapeutic analysis…
i found it relieving…

]]> By: forfyv http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-688190 forfyv Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:08:49 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-688190 I have been online since the late 70's, (yes that is correct, and yes there was no internet in the late 70's). I have seen this phenomenon since the internet began, and to be honest, it was happening via email, when ARPAnet was the network everyone used. What really amazed me was that the majority of users back then were actually REALLY smart people, and even THEY fell victim to the "push a button to feel better" syndrome. That's what it is. Sometimes I wish I had a button that could give a pert little zap to everyone who sent me a silly chain mail, to wake them up and scurry them to a search engine to seek the truth. However I have many acquaintances who are repeat offenders, I'm afraid I would have to find out how to increase the voltage, and perhaps apply some Darwinian common sense. LOL. I have been online since the late 70′s, (yes that is correct, and yes there was no internet in the late 70′s).
I have seen this phenomenon since the internet began, and to be honest, it was happening via email, when ARPAnet was the network everyone used. What really amazed me was that the majority of users back then were actually REALLY smart people, and even THEY fell victim to the “push a button to feel better” syndrome. That’s what it is. Sometimes I wish I had a button that could give a pert little zap to everyone who sent me a silly chain mail, to wake them up and scurry them to a search engine to seek the truth. However I have many acquaintances who are repeat offenders, I’m afraid I would have to find out how to increase the voltage, and perhaps apply some Darwinian common sense. LOL.

]]> By: hun http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-671911 hun Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:03:57 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-671911 I got this forward e-mail too. It is very bad that people are using this as chain mail for their dirty goals. I got this forward e-mail too. It is very bad that people are using this as chain mail for their dirty goals.

]]> By: Chazz, buddhist punk http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-328071 Chazz, buddhist punk Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:19:11 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-328071 the thing that struck a chord with my more logical side was: if true, how does petitioning a gov't via email really help? why would a gov't that does not care for its own people care what the global community thinks? i often go to urban legends sites to check out email petitions. and you are right, 95% of these are a total hoax and waste of time. i fell for the "movie on jesus as a gay man" email hoax, then i felt like an idiot because it wasn't true. the thing that struck a chord with my more logical side was: if true, how does petitioning a gov’t via email really help? why would a gov’t that does not care for its own people care what the global community thinks?

i often go to urban legends sites to check out email petitions. and you are right, 95% of these are a total hoax and waste of time. i fell for the “movie on jesus as a gay man” email hoax, then i felt like an idiot because it wasn’t true.

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-324537 isabella mori Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:20:01 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-324537 ellen and sharlene, thanks for your comments. ellen, what you say about no date being stated - that's a good clue! sharlene - it's great to hear that you've gone from "blind believer" to checking these things out first. ellen and sharlene, thanks for your comments.

ellen, what you say about no date being stated – that’s a good clue!

sharlene – it’s great to hear that you’ve gone from “blind believer” to checking these things out first.

]]> By: sharlene http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-316733 sharlene Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:20:41 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-316733 I used to be a blind believer but now check all chain letters-and it is great to see there are actually other people around who take the time to search for the truth. How awesome that you have put actual links to organizations that an help-I have emailed my chain letter friends with these links instead. Cheers www.dosomething.co.nz I used to be a blind believer but now check all chain letters-and it is great to see there are actually other people around who take the time to search for the truth. How awesome that you have put actual links to organizations that an help-I have emailed my chain letter friends with these links instead.

Cheers

http://www.dosomething.co.nz

]]> By: Ellen H http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-278382 Ellen H Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:36:25 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-278382 Hi, i've received several hoaxes and always hesitate. Decided not to forward cos just as logical, the incident has no date stated. if contact details are provided, i would call. thus, i do agreed if we wanted to prove we care, correct! charity does help. thanks. Hi, i’ve received several hoaxes and always hesitate. Decided not to forward cos just as logical, the incident has no date stated. if contact details are provided, i would call. thus, i do agreed if we wanted to prove we care, correct! charity does help. thanks.

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-256205 isabella mori Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:52:11 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-256205 leeann, that's similar to what i do. i take a little snippet from the letter that seems to best identify it, put it in quotation marks add the word "hoax" and see what google coughs up. in about 95% of the cases, i immediately get something from snopes or urban legends, and in 95% of THOSE cases, it turns out the letter was a hoax. leeann, that’s similar to what i do. i take a little snippet from the letter that seems to best identify it, put it in quotation marks add the word “hoax” and see what google coughs up. in about 95% of the cases, i immediately get something from snopes or urban legends, and in 95% of THOSE cases, it turns out the letter was a hoax.

]]> By: Leeann K http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-256141 Leeann K Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:09:14 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-256141 Thank you for your insight about ""doing something like passing on chain letters to relieve outrage, and then really accomplishing nothing". I am curious how to research letters. Honestly I read the letter, and resisted my temptation to send it to others, instead I copied the text of the letter to Google to see if it was a hoax. Again, my question is, other than doing what I did with this letter, how does one investigate hoaxes? Thank you for your insight about “”doing something like passing on chain letters to relieve outrage, and then really accomplishing nothing”. I am curious how to research letters. Honestly I read the letter, and resisted my temptation to send it to others, instead I copied the text of the letter to Google to see if it was a hoax.

Again, my question is, other than doing what I did with this letter, how does one investigate hoaxes?

]]> By: MJ http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-236822 MJ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:34:10 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/understanding-email-chain-letters/#comment-236822 I got this fwd email too. It's sickening that people are using this as chain mail. I got this fwd email too. It’s sickening that people are using this as chain mail.

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