OTP: Rumors/Myths/Hoaxes

* THE LIST
* Debunking urban legends

January 13, 2008

Tim Malone of TechRepublic.com lists some of the best sites for
separating the fact from fiction in your e-mail inbox:


*1. Snopes* - Who hasn't heard of Snopes? This is the granddaddy of all
fact-checking sites. Some of the worst chain spams even quote Snopes
with an embedded link to give their e-mail an added level of
authenticity. Of course, Snopes has been known to be wrong and has
changed their listings on several occasions. They've also become very
commercialized and include lots of pop-ups over the years ? very
annoying ? but it is a very complete site.

*2. About Urban Legends* - This about.com subsite has been hosted for 10
years by David Emery, and, frankly, he has done a great job. He is
passionate about finding and debunking all those rumors, myths, pranks
and odd stories.

*3. Break the Chain* - In 1999, John Ratliff was annoyed that he kept
receiving the same chain spams forwarded to him over and over. He did
something about it.

/SOURCE: TechRepublic.com/




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