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Internet Fakery Taken Up a Notch or Two

by Karoli on October 13, 2007

Anyone who has been active in online communities will immediately recognize the type: Friendly, good (sometimes great!) writing skills, and they always have an amazing story. If you had an appendectomy, they’ve had a double appendectomy while being brainwashed by an evil shrink. If you have an interesting story, they have [...]

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Firstline Security Cost Comparison

by Karoli on August 12, 2007

[Note: This post concerns Firstline Security, Inc., incorporated in Orem, Utah, NOT Firstline Security Systems headquartered in Anaheim, CA]
Commenter Paul, who is a first-year “Advertising Director” for Firstline Security in Washington State (Vancouver area), was recruited out of Texas A&M university and has been trying to convince me that my criticism of Firstline is unfair [...]

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Firstline Security and The Prodigy: The Unreal Lure of Reality

by Karoli on July 27, 2007

Liz has a couple of excellent posts here and here with great links to some other blogs about Firstline Security and their puppet show, “The Prodigy”. I especially recommend her post on Reality TV and Summer Sales.
There’s an important distinction to be made between Reality TV and a concept [...]

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