yep, this article was a little outside the bounds of our normal pieces, but i wouldn’t have taken the offer if i didn’t think it had something to offer some of our readers. branching out a little bit from time to time, i think, can be useful for those focused on one niche.

i try to make a point of replying to any comment that warrants reply. this one did. call it defensive if you like, but i was just adding more perspective and context.

google offers great services. i’m happy to use them and, like in the case of potentially useful advertorials, have no problem with them making money off of me. facebook isn’t my favorite place on the web… but those for whom it is, i won’t criticize them for giving all their information to the company. and i certainly give my fair share willingly for the services they offer.

yep, this post wasn’t targeting computer experts — i don’t have the computer expertise to write such a post for such people. but i still think it includes points that could be useful to a large number of people, and wouldn’t have written it if i didn’t think so. and, writing such a piece for the first time, i wanted to cover the basics — a lot of people
actually don’t get them. i’m sure you’re aware of that.

cheers.

That does not give me an excuse to be a pompous ass….

you’re obviously well-versed in computers. so it’s not surprising these tips don’t help you. but many people are not in your boat, and i think this could help many people out. a ton of people (most, maybe) can’t tell you exactly what a browser is.

can you provide a better tip for protecting these things? can you tell me something better than MSE? would love to know — i got a nearly unanimous recommendation for that from reddit, as stated above. (hint: add to the discussion if you have useful info not provided)

again, i don’t quite catch why you spent so much time fully reading and commenting on a post you found completely useless right off the bat. ?? (and not even being a regular reader on this site.)

the only people who could have possibly benifited from anything in this .. ok .. ARTICLE .. are the terminally stupid. seriously./

back up your work and use antivirus… sheesh..

i hope i dont forget that!

as for other articles here? dunno, this was the first one, i havnt ventured further, first impressions and all that.

i believe people should be paid for their work.. but .. really, there was absolutely no work involved here. you probably spent more effort on your reply to me.

MSE a useful product? gimme a break.. i wouldnt recommend that to my worst enemy.

ive been using computers since they came out with 5 and a half inch floppies, never used a surge protector or battery back up ever, never had a problem.

do i use adblock? nope, but i also dont see any ads either.

maybe you could write an article telling your users the best way to avoid annoying ads, you know, theres a saftery side to that as well.. all for free too, very simple solution..

but you wont get any kickbacks for that.

I don’t write sponsored posts if I don’t think they’re useful to our readers.

Out of curiosity, do you have ad block on? Have you benefited from the articles provided by our writers? I hope you don’t think writers across the internet should provide useful content for free only, or for below minimum wage. That sure would limit the independent content and usefulness of the internet. And would leave a lot of room for the super rich and powerful to maintain their stranglehold on society and our energy industry.

Again, your choice if you want to be irritated by an independent website teaming up with someone providing a useful product in order to both help readers and pay its writers better. We’ve got over 15 writers on this site and produce dozens and dozens of articles every week in an attempt to help others and the world. And I can guarantee you most of us could be making much more money doing something we find less useful to society…