Re:Postrel desperate to reinvent herself
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The Substance of Style
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I read the book last month and thought she missed her chance on writing a excellent essay by publishing a vacuous book. The quote from it Corey took is about the only observation in 200 pages I found noteworthy. While they're is plenty of room for analysis of the relationship between design and commerce, a better writer is needed than Postrel. And ironically, the book's dust jacket is very poorly designed.
I don't understand why they didn't take a much easier route by making it impossible to create multiple friendster accounts with one email address.
It seems like they should just eliminate duplication rather than fakes. I doubt many of the "fake frineds" would bother creating a yahoo account just for the purpose of impersonating celebrity X. Then again, some of those players seem to have a lot of time on their hands...
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I read the book last month and thought she missed her chance on writing a excellent essay by publishing a vacuous book. The quote from it Corey took is about the only observation in 200 pages I found noteworthy. While they're is plenty of room for analysis of the relationship between design and commerce, a better writer is needed than Postrel. And ironically, the book's dust jacket is very poorly designed.
It isn't surprising that Costa Rica would allow this, and not the US. CR is growing increasingly libertarian.
I don't understand why they didn't take a much easier route by making it impossible to create multiple friendster accounts with one email address. It seems like they should just eliminate duplication rather than fakes. I doubt many of the "fake frineds" would bother creating a yahoo account just for the purpose of impersonating celebrity X. Then again, some of those players seem to have a lot of time on their hands...