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Blogger Josh Lim quoted on The Straits Times Singapore (click above for larger version)

Totally didn’t expect it, but guess what - I got quoted in the Straits Times Singapore! This was due to my blog post on the Facebook ‘Error Check System’ malware.

In true web 2.0 fashion, a few days ago, I was contacted by journalist Serene Luo via Facebook message who requested my phone number for a short phone interview.

Was hoping they could include the URL :) But it’s cool enough that I got quoted in the papers - even though my blog is less than 2 months old. Thanks Serene!

Although Facebook has shut down the application and some variants, I’m still getting quite a few hits to the blog post. from search requests and sites such as the Sophos (the antivirus company) blog, StumbleUpon and AllFacebook. All in all, there seems to be over 10,000 unique visitors who came to this site specifically due to one blog post about the Facebook ‘Error Check System’. Insane!

Also of course, thanks for Jayrus Lee for the scan above! You can click the image to view the full size version. Also, the online (shorter version) of the article can be found on the Straits Times website, here.



Reader's Comments

  1. MissyCheerio | March 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    Congrats josh,i’d say its one heck of a big deal.
    The power of the internet. :)

  2. Tian Chad | March 3rd, 2009 at 12:04 am

    Haha, where is your visit’s counter?
    It should have a big sudden rise now :)

    You deserve it because you spread the the important news for everyone!

  3. Josh Lim | March 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 am

    Missy: Thanks! :)

    Tian: Look for the Sitemeter button at the bottom. Cheers!

  4. Laydeh | March 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 am

    thank you josh for the errors post.. i saw it the other day popping up on my fb. it’s better to have it out known as a user and hopefully FB gets it as feedback :)

  5. Michelle | March 3rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Lol. Looks like you’ll have more visitors now you’re in papers.

  6. ronny | March 4th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    thanks for the heads up! :)
    your visits have increased ten-fold! :O
    Congrats :)

  7. EVo | March 5th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    As if you’re not famous enough already dude? :D get well soon yo..paintball tourneys coming up!

  8. Johnny | October 29th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Why do you refer to yourself as a third person?

  9. Josh Lim | October 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Josh Lim is not sure why he does that, but he does it sometimes.

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