Whenever we get a chance, we at Not The Worst News like to write posts on the entries of readers who follow us. So we recently decided that whoever our 1,000th follower was, we’d visit their blog, and write an… Read More ›
Dating
Is Facebook Better At Analyzing Your Life Than Your Mother?
Yesterday we wrote about a recent report that Facebook had been analyzing user behavior following break-ups. Days ago Facebook also analyzed user behavior before and shortly after entering a relationship. Which is great, because Facebook wants to hear more about… Read More ›
Facebook May Be Analyzing Your Recent Break-Up More Than You!
The Atlantic reports that the Facebook Data team has reviewed data of people who were on the “receiving end” of a relationship break-up. Apparently, Facebook assumes that if you were in a relationship for four weeks and the other person… Read More ›
Phone Scam Tries To Make You Do Dumb Things With Your Smart Phone
CNBC reports that there’s a telephone scam going on that dupes people who call numbers on their call display back. How does the scam work? People call you from local-sounding area codes like 809 or 473 and hang up after… Read More ›
In France, Protesting Is Done By Turning City Street Into Barnyard
The Local reports that protestors dumped tonnes of manure outside the French Parliament. This follows a reported incident where protestors released hundreds of live chickens outside the gates of the French Assembly. 3 Worse Things The French Could Dump In… Read More ›
If You Go On Dates To Get Free Meals And Blog About It, You, Too, May Get To Negotiate A TV Deal…
Earlier this year, we wrote about a Toronto woman who goes on dates with men to get free meals and then blogs about it. QMI Agency reports that she may now get a Reality TV show, taking her adventures to… Read More ›
3 Things We’d Like To See Fast Food Restaurants Scrap
Earlier this week we wrote about a report that a McDonald’s employee web site suggested some fast food may be unhealthy. CNN reports that McDonald’s has scrapped the site. Here are 3 things we’d like to see fast food restaurants… Read More ›
You Will Be Lied To 29 Times Today*
According to a “human lie detector” interviewed in a video on Yahoo, the average person lies 30 times a day, and is lied to 200 times a week! Also, he claims that women are more likely to lie to make… Read More ›
The Final 3 Ways To Know The Dating Profile You’re Looking At Is Fake
For the past two days, we’ve been writing about the controversial lawsuit started by a former employee of dating web site, in which the employee alleges wrist injuries due to typing about a thousand fake profiles over several weeks. As… Read More ›
3 More Signs The Dating Profile You’re Looking At Is Fake
Yesterday, we wrote about a Toronto resident who sued her former employer, a dating web site, for alleged wrist injuries resulting from writing about a 1,000 fake dating profiles in three weeks. For those of you wondering if the dating… Read More ›
