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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. Yes you can by Hatta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is pretty ridiculous, as I can't even send my friends a message mentioning bugmenot.com!

    Of course you can, you just can't use Facebook. Which is probably for the best anyway.

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    1. Re:Yes you can by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Indeed. I'm trying very hard to get incensed here, but I just can't work up a reason to care. Oh noes! I must say "Bug Me Not website" when talking about BugMeNot! Horror of horrors! Shocker of Shockers! Quick, make a comparison to Nazi totalitarism! Facebook is like... Hitler, that's it!

      Conspicuously absent is any mention of negative actions taken by Facebook. They didn't close his account, they didn't sue him, they didn't kick his dog. They didn't do anything other than remove a link to a site. Whoop de do. Try typing a URL into Youtube comments sometime and see how far you get.

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  2. Good point, parent by Kludge · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Allowing a single corporate entity to control your communication is a bad idea. I suggest this new thing called "email", which is offered by a large number of different providers, and not censored by most.

  3. Re:honestly by Osurak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course they *can* do it. The issue is whether they *should* do it.

  4. Re:another "Do more evil" clone? by Bieeanda · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when has Facebook been about anything but data mining and user tracking?