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The wonders of social networking sites (and the dangers)
Posted By dragon_788 On February 10, 2008 @ 8:30 pm In General | No Comments
I’m not a fan of social networking. Myspace, Facebook, Bebo and these other sites generally annoy me more than they interest me, and for more reasons than I can list in a single post. The main issues I have with them are their blatant invasions of my privacy and their loose standards for what consists of “private” data, the recent Myspace picture fiasco is just one example of just how poorly all the users of Myspace, from 10-110 are protected from those who might want to prey upon them. That’s why I found it refreshing that a new site that doesn’t claim to be a social network, but an actual literal FRIENDS network has shown up, and they have gone out of their way to inform users that adding people that you don’t know to your list just because they have a cute picture on their profile is dangerous. So I present to you, [1] iSwirl, the friends network for your phone.
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[1] iSwirl: http://blog.iswirl.com/2008/02/folks-be-carefu.html
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