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    themediatrix: Were you paid to repeatedly use the word "assclown" in this post? more »
    Poop Cooper: Ironically, of John Chow's 50,000 followers bombarded with ads, 20% are spambots with photos of hot girls for avatars. And the cycle continues... more »
    Maura Johnston: "We are not trying to turn Facebook and Twitter into one giant spam network. All we are trying to do is get consumers to become marketers for us." Co... more »
    If_I_Had_a_Poodle: 1. "trusted" "friends" "recommend" "products they use" 2. profts!!!!! more »
    raincoaster: Dylan, not if your servers go down again. more »
    twig: The NSA has a long history in advising to non-government security standards. Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" notes that several of the fundamental ... more »
    Drunken Economist: Seeing as the bulk of Windows IT and development is outsourced and offshored, how is this a bad idea? Corps and end users really don't care where the... more »
    scroll_lock: I had no idea this existed. Now I'm newly obsessed. more »
    daveyjonesisdead: apart from the privacy aspects - and I have no doubt the collaboration did not enhance privacy - why does the government cooperate with some companies... more »
    DTurkin: Based on the 'takes one to know one' principle, I reckon the NSA should have had some important insight on maintaining privacy. Maybe they also collab... more »
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Oh sure, like Gawker hasn't had a long, tawdry relationship with SIS. more »
    Foster Kamer: #Yes. But also, I kind of do want to mail April Winchell a check. Regretsy is awesome. #ThingsWeActuallyLike #BookDealsWeCanGetBehind more »
    Tremonius: If the `spawn of a former Yahoo CEO' demands of a bouncer "just fucking Google me, you dumb fuck" then the search wars are already lost, and Microsof... more »
    random_play: Ok, I admit it. I want to see her sex video. You know there's at least one out there, and it has to be good. That mouth was designed for one thing. more »
  • #twitterati

    The Twitterati Panic Because Twitter's Down

    What happens to the Twitterati when the site goes down for scheduled maintenance? Why, they temporarily turn into Facebookerati, lest the world be deprived of their every last thought. More »
  • #twitterati

    Hacks Wracked by Flack Attacks

    Journalists pretend to hate PR people, but they secretly think about them all the time. Anita Bruzzese, Todd Bishop, Ina Fried and others revealed their obsession with flackery on Twitter, reporters' oversharing medium of choice. More »
  • #inafried

    Transgender journalist caught in Wikipedia edit war