Fark NotNewsletter: An update to the Google hullabaloo

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1516135916-91264-63317 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D") [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A me= ssage from Drew Curtis: ________________________ &= nbsp; So it's the one year anniversary of the announcement of = the most recent Google fiasco. So how are things going? = First and foremost, we were facing a pretty big financial shortfall last ye= ar. A ton of folks signed up for TotalFark and BareFark and that got = us through! Now that we're a year out from the event, a bunch of year= subscriptions have just ended. If you haven't signed up for either/b= oth, now would be a really good time! Seriously get right on that. &n= bsp;It may not seem like it helps much, but Fark wouldn't be here today wit= hout all the signups from last year! You can [sign up for Tot= alFark here](3D" and [sign up for BareFark here](3D"ht=). You = can also gift TotalFark and BareFark to your friends and enemies. = Google and I had some prolonged conversations after the January 2017 an= nouncement about how to prevent similar future situations. They've ac= tually implemented one of the suggestions, which was to shut off ads to jus= t the pages that had iffy content as opposed to the entire website. W= e've gotten just a few notices since, where ads were shut off only on the o= ffending page, and things have worked extremely well for both us and Google= . So kudos to them for taking action to fix the situation. = As for Fark, we're going to make it. However things are sti= ll financially tight and we've got a bunch of updates on our to-do list I'd= love to get to. One of those in particular is we're switching Fark t= o SSL in the next couple of weeks. If you have TotalFark, you = might have noticed that yesterday all your Fark pages are now HTTPS instead= of plain old boring HTTP. For those of you unaware of such things, H= TTPS is a more secure version of HTTP. It encrypts all information to= and from our servers, making it so that that creepy guy at Starbucks can't= sniff your traffic (not a euphemism). We've wanted to do this for a = long time, but most ad networks weren't up to speed yet and we couldn't aff= ord to take a big hit on revenue. But most of the ad networks we use = now support HTTPS pages and we're happy to announce that we just switched t= o all-HTTPS for TotalFarkers. If all goes well, we'll switch everyone= over to all-HTTPS in a few weeks. If you're not signed up for TotalF= ark yet and you don't want to wait, it's only $5/month - you can [sign u= p for TotalFark here](3D" ________________________ We now return you to your usual Fark NotNewsletter. ________= ________________ Comment Mentions The number of comments thes= e words were mentioned in on Fark and TotalFark in the past week. Note: Thi= s does not mean they were the most-used words Executive= time - 114 Shiathole - 2328 False alarm - 112 Hawaii - 493 Mis= sile - 362 Comme= nt Votes Some of the top-voted smartest and funnies= t comments from the past week Funny: WyDav= e remarked on [the likelihood of fin= ding love in rural areas](3D"https=) What_Would_Jimi_Do found t= he [description of a burnt car to be inaccu= rate](3D") FortyHams recognized a [criminal caught on security camera](3D" fusillade762 = rong>recognized [what a critic of the "Me Too= " movement was doing](3D".=) Dimensio knew how to deal with= an [HOA's open garage rule](3D") M= ike_LowELL uses [racist laundry det= ergent](3D"htt=) Rapmaster2000 explained [why teachers don't need raises](3D" Brian Dead = ng>lamented [the death of casual sex](3D"=) Sum Dum Gai pointed out [the = real problem with the tech industry](3D" Prank Call of Cthulhu = strong>didn't appreciate [being summoned to = a thread](3D"htt=) Smart: FormlessOne d= iscussed [problems that schools are faci= ng](3D"=) Millennium had a suggestion for [how a hospital shoudl deal with mistreatment of a patient](3D")= > Benevolent Misanthrope gave an opinion on [local school boards](3D") MontanaDave = >thought something could be learned from the [federal government's bungling of the Cliven Bundy standoff case](3D" LordZorch did not see [the prob= lem with Apu](3D" blastoh explained [why HOAs are often a problem](3D" jasonvatch = >suggested [punishment for prosecutors and po= lice officers who work against justice](3D".=) abb3w explai= ned [how the government lost the Cliven Bund= ay standoff case](3D") abhorrent1 discussed [Trump's handling of the ballistic missile false alarm in = Hawaii](3D") Carousel Beast explained why [it was helpful for a witness to get video of hospital staff= dumping a patient outside](3D") TotalFark Discussion:Note: This section can only be accessed by [TotalFarkers](3D" p; Funny: Mike_LowELL wrote a = ;[heartfelt plea to Drew](3D")= Funny: Huck Chaser answered the question, "[What's something that seems to be sexy in adul= t films but not in real life?](3D")" Smart: PolloDiablo [revealed a favorite hobby](3D"=) &nb= sp; CSB Sunday Morning: [Homebound](=3D" Smart: GRCooper found that [sitting at h= ome Farking all day can pay off](=3D" Funny: davidphogan = [escaped across the country after be= ing homebound](3D"=) CSB [Cool Story, Bro] Sunday Morning is a th= read where Farkers share stories based on a weekly topic. If you would like= to suggest a topic for a CSB Sunday Morning thread, please email [dugitman](3D". Politics Funny:= Tanqueray explained [why= the head of HHS's family planning programs resigned](3D" Mike_Lo= wELL learned one thing from [Donald = Trump's "shiathole" comments](3D" Erma Gerdd [had a vision when reading a Fark headline](3D") thisisyourbrainonFark summarized = the Fusion GPS testimony Epoch_Zero showed [how the Fusion GPS transcripts were handled](3D") &= nbsp; Politics Smart: Dimensio reacted to the release of the Fusion GPS testimony trans= cripts BigBurrito said something about [people who live in glass shiatholes shouldn't throw ston= es](3D") shower_in_my_socks pointed out [why more Norwegians aren't trying to move to the U.S.](3D") Mike_LowELL learned one thing from [Donald Trump's "shiathole" comments](3D" NateAsbestos = strong>provided a [short version of the Fusio= n GPS testimony](3D"=) Contest Votes Some of the top-voted contest ent= ries from last week, listed from highest number of votes down = Photoshops: Alligator had an invention that wo= uld definitely not result in [more road rage = incidents](3D=) I_Am_Weasel made an [Apple product for your cat](3D" wickedfish s= tuck up a reminder that [everything has its= limits](3D"http=) RedZoneTuba went [where no cat has gone before](3D" wickedfish [brought back memories for older Farkers](3D") manyone [doesn't have this lig= ht bulb to kick around anymore](3D"https=) anustart put out [an unnecessary warning](3D") Surly U. = Jest showed [the life and death of a= n automobile](3D"https:/=) Don_cos had [enough of these kids and their loud music](3D" RedZoneTuba = gave this woman [a better view](3D"htt=) Farktography: Farktography Contest No. 662: "[Mmm Bokeh 4](3D")" ended in a tie between wickedfish's&n= bsp;[really cool shot](3D") and Circusdog320's= [tall, slender model](3D") Farkto= graphy is Fark's weekly photography contest. If you would like to suggest a= Farktography theme, you can contact [Elsinore](3D" = or stop by the [Farktography Forum](3D"=). Fark Weird News Quiz Results (brought to you by ox45tallboy= ong>) We had a good one this week. Unf= ortunately, no one hit the 1000 club for the third straight week. We'll go = a little easier on you this week, we promise. (Ed: No we won't.) I= n first place, barely missing out on the big one-zero-zero-zero was brokentype14, scoring 996, with HighwayBill in s= econd with 949 and xrayspx taking third with 934. = Tax Boy saw fourth with 931, and skloon rounds ou= t the top 5 with 928. Remember that time is a factor on the quiz, so the qu= icker you choose the correct answer, the higher your score. Th= e hardest question on the Hard Quiz was over In-N-Out's new menu item. Only= 38% of quiztakers knew that the chain had moved from the coastal west to c= older climates, and hot cocoa was therefore in demand. No word on if it's a= vailable on your burger as a "secret menu item," but really, it's onl= y a matter of time before someone tries and then blogs about it. The easiest question on the Hard Quiz was over who Barack Obama was goin= g to be interviewed by in his first late-night appearance after leaving the= Oval Office. 84% of quiztakers knew that his interview would be with David= Letterman on his new limited Netflix series "My Next Guest Needs No Introd= uction." Which brings the question, is it "late night" if it's on Netflix? = I watched it at 10:30 AM local time. Also, is it just me or does that show = needs a different editor? The cameras jump around so much it's like I'm wat= ching a Hollywood fight scene where they keep jumping between the actor and= the stunt double every 2 seconds. I was half expecting Michael Bay's name = in the credits. The hardest question on the Easy Quiz was over= the most popular genre of music by total consumption in the U.S. last year= . Only 48% of quiztakers knew that Rock had been overtaken by R&B/Hip-h= op for the first time. Country/Western still sits back in third across the = nation, although here in the South most cities have about 9 different flavo= rs of country stations, one modern rock, one classic rock, and one R&B = that might on occasion play a rap song late at night. And NPR. The easiest question on the Easy Quiz was over which computer guru claims = to have had his Twitter account hacked after Tweets showed up promoting som= e obscure digital currency. 87% of quiztakers knew that it was John McAfee = who wasn't using two-step verification. I mean, really, why would he bother= ? Who's going to try to hack John McAfee? Also, Peter Norton has long retir= ed from public life and spends his days on charitable work and art collecti= ng. My research failed to turn up a public Twitter account, so at least he'= s not at risk for plugging ZernubooCo!n or whatever "The Next Big Digital C= urrency That Will Overtake BitCoin" is. If you didn't ge= t a chance to take the quiz last week, you can do so [right here](3D". Than= ks to everyone who participated, and we'll see you next week! __________= ______________ Note: The Fark Headlines of the Week will= be posted within the next few days. Keep an eye out! --------------------------------------------------------------- ([Fark.com](3D"") sent this newsletter email= to: {EMAIL}) To stop these emails, go to the Notifications tab of your [MyFark profile](3D"http:/=) to change your subscription preferences. Or, [click here to unsubscribe](3D") from newsletter emails, even if your Fark login isn't '{NAME}'. [Click here= to unsubscribe from ALL Fark emails](3D"). Fark, Inc. 333 West Vine St Suite 210, Lexington KY 40507 = ------------=_1516135916-91264-63317--