http://www.boyohboycott.com Satirically boycotting companies since 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:24:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I am taking on the king of all social bookmarking/networking sites. No, I'm not talking about MySpace nor Facebook, but Digg. Yes, I am taking on Digg. This behemoth must be boycotted, for several very different but equally important reasons. The most important reason is that it has prevented other ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/05/boycott-digg/ Okay, so I lied. I didn't make a post last Friday and I didn't make a post on Monday. But I'm still busy with the Wzzt Network, and on Saturday I launched a fourth site. ATX Forum is a forum for and about the Austin area. You can talk about ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/05/liar-liar-pants-on-fire/ You may have wondered if anything happened to me, since nothing's been posted in a week. Everything is fine, sadly, but I haven't posted anything for a few reasons. The main reason is that I'm fresh out of ideas for what to write. But don't worry, on Friday I will ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/05/my-absence/ Wikipedia is arguably the world's most popular encyclopedia. It has thousands of pages about all sorts of things, and best of all, anyone can edit these pages! It's the perfect mix of old-school encyclopedias and Web 2.0 thinking. There is a dark side to this open-content encyclopedia, however, and not many ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/boycott-wikipedia/ In addition to the "Political Special" posts I will be writing every so often, I've decided to start up another series of posts: Random Special. These posts will be about random everyday things that I've decided to boycott. I came up with this simply because I'm not in the mood ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/random-special-boycott-cake/ Apple. When many people hear that name, the first thing they think of is the tasty fruit that comes in various colors. The next thing they think of, however, is the computer and consumer electronics company based in California. The company, which was first made famous by its Macintosh computer ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/boycott-apple/ McDonald's, the worlds largest fast food chain, serves millions of people all over the world every day. It's known for things such as Ronald McDonald, the Big Mac, as well as the playplace that is a part of almost every store. While Starbucks' goal is to brainwash all of the adults ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/boycott-mcdonalds/ Today I'm taking a break from boycotting companies to boycott something—or should I say someone—who has been in the news the past few months: Hillary Clinton. Yes, you heard me right. I'm going to boycott Hillary Clinton. The presidential candidate needs to be boycotted, as she's held up the real race ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/political-special-boycott-hillary-clinton/ As you may have seen, yesterday I added a special page to BOB, with two separate lists. One lists the companies I have previously written about, with helpful links to those posts. The other list is for companies that I will write about in the future. The list is relatively ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/suggestions-and-more/ Ahh, Starbucks. For many people, the name brings up images of a nice steaming cup of coffee and the morning newspaper. However, this image is precisely what Starbucks wants, because what most people don't know is that the international coffeeshop chain is brainwashing the American people. Yes, you heard me right, ... http://www.boyohboycott.com/2008/04/boycott-starbucks/