Internet

“A financial transaction involving a very small sum of money and usually one that occurs online.” Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful

“If an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Hitler or Nazism.” (related: “Take the high road.”, “Rise above the fray.”, “Don’t stoop down to their level.”) Source:

“large amounts of textual content which is specifically designed to satisfy algorithms for maximal retrieval by automated search engines.” (related: click farm — “where a large group of low-paid workers are hired to click on paid advertising links for the click fraudster.”)

“The use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited messages (spam), especially advertising, as well as sending messages repeatedly on the same site.” (related: phishing — “the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes,

“A number of Internet-connected computers communicating with other similar machines in which components located on networked computers communicate and coordinate their actions by command and control (C&C) or by passing messages to one another.” (related: flash mob) Source: Gabriel Weinberg's Mental Models

“In which a website algorithm selectively guesses what information a user would like to see based on information about the user (such as location, past click behavior and search history) and, as a result, users become separated from information that disagrees with