- Reddit Let's "HACK THE PLANET" For Liu Xiaobo! Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but news of the win has been BLACKED OUT in China, with no mention of it on Chinese media. The same censorship applies to Chinese blogs and micro-blogging sites... http://www.cnn.com/2010/world/asiapcf/10/09/china.nobel.prize/index.html?hpt=t2 4 comments reddit.com
- McCain wants supporters to spam blogs with talking points and will distribute prizes to spammers for their efforts. http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/08/07/mccain_offers_prizes_for_spam_comments.html 25 comments politics
- Announcing a Competition for Ethics in Computer Science, with up to $3.5 Million in Prizes – The Mozilla Blog https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/10/10/announcing-a-competition-for-ethics-in-computer-science-with-up-to-3-5-million-in-prizes/ 4 comments firefox
- Your chance to qualify to the Kazakhstan Cup, costs covered – with a $50,000 prize fund! [Lichess Blog] https://lichess.org/blog/ZGz8AhAAACkAOKsd/your-chance-to-qualify-to-the-kazakhstan-cup-costs-covered--with-a-50000-prize-fund 3 comments chess
- ERE: The herd mentality in personal finance blogging: "blogging about index funds, tips on career advancement, and lists on many many ways to save money... The effective purpose is to reassure people that they are doing alright. This is naturally a highly prized product." http://earlyretirementextreme.com/how-to-do-original-research.html 2 comments financialindependence
- China takes censorship to a new level by erasing from an internet blog an image of the empty chair that highlighted the absence of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel laureate, from the peace prize ceremony in Oslo http://www.news.com.au/technology/china-erases-picture-of-nobel-winners-empty-chair/story-e6frfro0-1225970053429 5 comments worldnews