BUILDING COMMUNITY

 

Matthew Cohen, is an entrepreneur interested in authentic human engagement and intentional community. He recently spent two years co-leading a private transitional recovery home in Northampton, MA where he also serves as a meditation instructor, coach, healer and web geek. Matthew is director of web development and social media for Mad In America as well as its community manager.

Matthew Cohen Responding to Attacks on MIA — One Long Night of Zombie Whack-a-Mole

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May 12, 2013

Mad in America has been under a low-grade attack by hackers for several weeks.

I first noticed an odd traffic pattern in our Google Analytics account, indicating that the front page was receiving more than ten views for each unique visitor. This means that some minority of accounts was reloading our front page over and over again. This is called a botnet attack, where a hacker uses a set of zombie computers, often compromised by malware, to perform repetitive tasks.

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Matthew Cohen One Year of Mad In America

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April 14, 2013

In January 2012, Mad In America went live with a handful of bloggers and the mission to become a central community in the effort to rethink and transform the paradigm of psychiatric care.

I want to offer some thoughts and figures about where we’ve been in the past year and what we are growing into.

Then I want to ask you for money.
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Matthew Cohen Mad In America Forums and Other Updates

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August 22, 2012

Today we are launching discussion forums on Mad in America. We intend for these forums to serve three broad purposes. 1) Furthering discussion of the issues raised here. 2) Sharing personal experiences with psychiatric drugs, and 3) Providing a platform for personal networking and activism.
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Matthew Cohen Site Updates and Posting Policy

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July 11, 2012

Shortly after Mad In America launched at the beginning of the year I was invited to take over the site’s web development and to assist in building a healthy community here. Since that time we have made minor changes to …
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