Agreed. Factoid is not a fact but presents itself like one. -oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” or “like,”. For example, humanoid is human like, but not actually human. There is a tiny blog dedicated to writing factoids: http://defactoid.net/ . You will find them believable, but absolutely untrue.
I'm not Canadian, nor is most of the internet. However, I feel the internet can have big influence. Slashdot culture is well aware of this. So I ask, how can I (and others) get involved? There is a world of literate people who will get involved.
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Get THIS fact notarized: the correct definition of factoid.
Agreed. Factoid is not a fact but presents itself like one. -oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” or “like,”. For example, humanoid is human like, but not actually human. There is a tiny blog dedicated to writing factoids: http://defactoid.net/ . You will find them believable, but absolutely untrue.
I'm not Canadian, nor is most of the internet. However, I feel the internet can have big influence. Slashdot culture is well aware of this. So I ask, how can I (and others) get involved? There is a world of literate people who will get involved.
I took pictures of this last year, old news. http://tastypint.blogspot.com/2008/10/google-street-view-rickshaw.html I wish I had a voice on the Internet.