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Re: Off Topic: Twitter
By:Doug S
Date: 3/3/2009, 5:11 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Twitter (Michael)

: Sri my memory isn't up to it. It was an article on a geek site, or a forum
: discussion. I saw a quote from the user agreement that convinced me, but I
: did not read the agreement itself. It was on a site I trusted as a source,
: but that's not good primary info, sorry. I'm open to the idea that it
: might not be true, but I was convinced at the time, and decided not to
: join my kids. I found the info by using a search engine.

Michael - ok, I should have Googled before asking:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/technology/30face.html

and

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/081308-facebook-faces-class-action-suit-over.html

Amongst others. You're right - it did/does (?I couldn't quite tell?) that it shares data about users to various ecommerce sites. Yucky, yucky.

No idea about twitter. I don't use it.

-Doug

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Twitter *LINK*
Bryan Hansel -- 3/2/2009, 5:52 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 3/3/2009, 2:51 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/3/2009, 9:24 pm
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Michael -- 3/3/2009, 8:32 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/3/2009, 9:23 pm
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Doug S -- 3/3/2009, 3:49 pm
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Michael -- 3/3/2009, 4:55 pm
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Doug S -- 3/3/2009, 5:11 pm
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John F Monroe -- 3/3/2009, 5:17 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/3/2009, 9:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2009, 12:45 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/4/2009, 8:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2009, 12:20 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/3/2009, 9:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2009, 12:44 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/4/2009, 9:06 am
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John F Monroe -- 3/5/2009, 5:30 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/5/2009, 6:45 pm
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John F Monroe -- 3/6/2009, 5:06 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/6/2009, 9:24 am
Bryan & Glen
John F Monroe -- 3/7/2009, 5:31 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/7/2009, 9:30 pm
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John F Monroe -- 3/8/2009, 4:54 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 3/8/2009, 11:00 am
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Glen Smith -- 3/7/2009, 11:49 am
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Glen Smith -- 3/6/2009, 10:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2009, 1:54 pm
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John F Monroe -- 3/6/2009, 4:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2009, 12:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2009, 12:34 am