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Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sorry-charlie dept.

ThinkingInBinary writes "The other day, I was trying to mention bugmenot.com in my Facebook status, and I discovered to my horror that Facebook blocks the phrase 'bugmenot.com' as "abusive" in status updates, messages, and presumably any other communications on the site. Facebook isn't even listed on BugMeNot, as they requested that logins for Facebook be blocked. This is pretty ridiculous, as I can't even send my friends a message mentioning bugmenot.com!"

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  1. Fortunately, "BugMeNot" isn't blocked. by MostAwesomeDude · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So all of you with Facebook accounts, change your status, write a note, make a group. Do something to get people noticing the existence of BugMeNot. It's a great tool, and the admins of Facebook are being dicks by blocking it.

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    1. Re:Fortunately, "BugMeNot" isn't blocked. by PIBM · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      The best thing for those with a facebook account would be to do nothing. Let facebook die of a slow, painfull death. =)

  2. I don't see the problem here by Grishnakh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What's the problem? Only a moron would use idiotic social networking sites like Facebook as a replacement for email. What the hell is wrong with today's young people anyway, that they're so happy to sign up to be serfs for corporate interests, and give up any privacy they ever had? Instant messaging, social networking sites are all corporate-controlled. Anything you do on there is subject to their rules, no matter how silly they may be. Anything you say can be seen by them. There is no expectation of privacy. If you want the freedom to say what you want, you have to use email. Except that today's stupid young people think that email is "old fashioned" and only for talking to "old" (over 30) people.

  3. Re:Not true? by Alexius · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It failed for me, so I tested it and took a screen shot, and posted that to Facebook:

    http://photos-320.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v336/183/39/578793320/n578793320_854188_1264.jpg

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  4. Re:Comminity vs. just facebook. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the principal that they don't want people to use sites against the owners will.

    Yeah? Well, my "principal" (sic) is that anybody who figures out a way to thwart the "will" of any corporate entity that's got capitalization of more than a billion dollars is a hero in my book.

    Fuck Facebook. Jesus loves BugMeNot.

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