The Table of Contents to the influential and visionary book, The Virtual Community, by Howard Rheingold.
Many people surf the web under the illusion that their actions are private and anonymous.
Unfortunately, information may be collected about you when you visit a site, since you leave a calling card that reveals where you're coming from, what kind of computer you have, and many other details. This is the Blacklist of Internet Advertisers. It is intended to curb inappropriate advertising on usenet newsgroups and via junk e-mail. This page describes many of the hoax warnings that are found on the Internet today, some of the history of hoaxes on the Internet, how to identify a new hoax warning, how to identify a validated warning and what to do if you think a message is a hoax. A collection of Web Pages, organized according to their subject.