http://www.popehat.com/2009/09/11/facebook-gets-awesome-revenge/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.popehat.com/2009/09/11/facebook-gets-awesome-revenge/comment-page-1/#comment-43619 September 15 roundup Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:52:59 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=6044#comment-43619 [...] Facebook plays a revenge prank on TechCrunch, and there’s a lesson there for the thin-skinned [Ken at Popehat] [...] [...] Facebook plays a revenge prank on TechCrunch, and there's a lesson there for the thin-skinned [Ken at Popehat] [...]

]]> http://www.popehat.com/2009/09/11/facebook-gets-awesome-revenge/comment-page-1/#comment-43188 Mike D Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:09:56 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=6044#comment-43188 Wow, that is a seriously great prank! Way to go FB. I went ahead and read about Arrington's $25M lawsuit while I was there and while I agree that FB shouldn't be using people's pictures in targeted advertisements without explicit consent, all of Arrington's "I'm so great, look at me, I'm a legitimate celebrity" stuff at the start of the article made me really wonder whether the whole thing was a joke. (Note: I'm convinced now that it's not a joke, but I suspect Arrington is.) Wow, that is a seriously great prank! Way to go FB. I went ahead and read about Arrington's $25M lawsuit while I was there and while I agree that FB shouldn't be using people's pictures in targeted advertisements without explicit consent, all of Arrington's "I'm so great, look at me, I'm a legitimate celebrity" stuff at the start of the article made me really wonder whether the whole thing was a joke. (Note: I'm convinced now that it's not a joke, but I suspect Arrington is.)

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