Tags, mail forwards and Mind Viruses

Many people wonder why I get so irritated by tags and email forwards. After all, tags help people know more about the tagged, right? E-mail forwards are fun and funny and good "time-pass", right?

Ummm... wrong.

Tags and the more innocuous-appearing email forwards are, at the very least, "Mind Viruses". They give you an excuse to take your focus away from what you ought to be doing right now and post long lists of what you'd like to tell your audience instead.

Email forwards are the worst of the shebang. Read my report based on the investigation of "baby Alexandra", an email that's been doing the rounds:
http://deeplysimple.blogspot.com/2005/12/email-hoaxes-and-mind-viruses.html

And finally, for the sake of your sanity, read this report and analysis on Mind viruses:
http://www.memecentral.com/antidote.htm

Deepak