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  • Scott was right and Rym was wrong. That is all.
    Then what's the password to your email account? Or are you going to try and keep that information private?
  • No, not about that. About it not mattering if a site has features if no one is using it.

    Besides, giving out your email password isn't even close to the same as giving out your phone number. It's more like if I were posting my full credit card details. Both my home and cell numbers are easily accessible via Facebook.
  • Besides, giving out your email password isn't even close to the same as giving out your phone number. It's more like if I were posting my full credit card details. Both my home and cell numbersare easily accessible via Facebook.
    But you're demanding privacy for something that is just a piece of personal information. That information just happens to be dangerous in the wrong hands, just as a physical address can be.
  • No, not about that. About it not mattering if a site has features if no one is using it.
    Depends on what the thing does. If it republishes to the shittier sites, it's great even if you're the only person in the world using it.

    Also, Digg was great before it become more popular. It was ruined basically because people started using it who previously did not.
  • I wasn't going to really post about this until the service was load-ready, but the big argument before the TOTDs kind of pushed me to it. Rym, next time you want to coordinate something with your friends, try this.
  • No, not about that. About it not mattering if a site has features if no one is using it.
    Depends on what the thing does. If it republishes to the shittier sites, it's great even if you're the only person in the world using it.

    Also, Digg was great before it become more popular. It was ruined basicallybecausepeople started using it who previously did not.
    So it went the same way as Orkut did?
  • Orkut's still hot stuff in India and Brazil.
  • Orkut's still hot stuff in India and Brazil.
    Yeah...and it was subsequently ruined by stupid, spamming, trolling, and child-pornography sharing Brazilians (no disrespect to all the Brazilians out there). Not sure what the deal is with India, so I can't really say.
  • RymRym
    edited May 2010
    Yeah...and it was subsequently ruined by stupid, spamming, trolling, and child-pornography sharing Brazilians
    That's not what ruined it. That was its natural state. What ruined it was nothing more than bad Internet culture among the majority of the Brazilians who joined initially. They would universally friend complete strangers based on likes/dislikes or other arbitrary metrics, and then proceed to send every update they ever sent to the "Friends and Friends of Friends" list, causing intolerable spam. The only defense was to never, ever accept a friend invitation from a Brazilian, and to block and real friend who had done so. Worse, they proceeded to join every group in the system and generate a sea of non-English-language ususally non-topical conversations there, drowning out any actual discussion. This was despite the clear notation on a given group as to what languages were allowed to be used.

    When they initially joined Orkut, they brought with them a spammy Internet culture. Since Orkut gave no recourse to everyone else, everyone else left, and Orkut became what it was meant to be: a haven of spam and child porn.
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  • Just listened to the episode. I think Rym wins with the Forum over Google Calender discussion. It's like, while Google Calender could be used as a forum that focuses on setting dates, there is already a forum there that can do all that for you.

    The argument sounded like a time-old saying: Let the Wookie Win
  • Just listened to the episode. I think Rym wins with the Forum over Google Calender discussion. It's like, while Google Calender could be used as a forum that focuses on setting dates, there is already a forum there that can do all that for you.

    The argument sounded like a time-old saying: Let the Wookie Win
    Are either of them able to pull people's arms out of their sockets?
  • Just listened to the episode. I think Rym wins with the Forum over Google Calender discussion. It's like, while Google Calender could be used as a forum that focuses on setting dates, there is already a forum there that can do all that for you.

    The argument sounded like a time-old saying: Let the Wookie Win
    Are either of them able to pull people's arms out of their sockets?
    Hmm...have either of them got angry enough to do such a thing? Rym is able to hide his anger well, but Scott may be better at his ninja emotion skills. I think they could rip someone's arms out of their sockets, but they couldn't do it straight up. They'd have to tie them up and tie ropes to their legs. They have to have excellent leg muscles from all the rollerblading and biking they do.
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