Do no evil, my ass.
I think I will stick with the known shiftiness of FB (whose motto, I believe, is "Feed the Zuckerbeast!")
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jul 26, 2011 8:48:04 am PDT #18103 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Consuela - Jul 26, 2011 8:49:44 am PDT #18104 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think I will stick with the known shiftiness of FB
And my FB account isn't associated with my Google account, anyway.
askye - Jul 26, 2011 8:53:33 am PDT #18105 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
This whole thing makes me want to use fewer of Google's products.
Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2011 8:55:44 am PDT #18106 of 30001
hwæt
You're not Google's customer. Google's advertisers are their customers. You're Google's product.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2011 8:57:10 am PDT #18107 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ditto Facebook, of course. I do think the different ways they (mis)treat users are interesting, in some kind of corporate-culture-analysis way.
Amy - Jul 26, 2011 8:58:31 am PDT #18108 of 30001
Because books.
Now I'm nervous. My Gmail email account is my only account, really. I'm using the Internet wrong.
megan walker - Jul 26, 2011 8:58:32 am PDT #18109 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It makes me a little sad I chose Blogger and not Wordpress, which is the only thing I have associated with my gmail account that is not a person I know (since I use my Yahoo for all other online activity). My emails are too perfect to want to have to shed either.
megan walker - Jul 26, 2011 9:02:21 am PDT #18110 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Speaking of online corporations, I just opened an Ally checking account with the idea that I'll eventually close my Chase account. Anybody use them that can report on their ATM fee refund system? I refuse to pay ATM fees and have zero interest if there will be any charge associated with (domestic) withdrawals.
askye - Jul 26, 2011 9:03:24 am PDT #18111 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Google's applications then, I guess that's the better word for it.
How is this - it makes me want to stop using Gmail, Chrome, Google, Google Docs, and anything else like that I use.
Better?
Kate P. - Jul 26, 2011 9:21:04 am PDT #18112 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
YES. Crisp days that are cool but sunny, grey days with fog and drizzle, and drifts of fallen leaves to scuffle through. Plus, Halloween.
WANT. I used to think I didn't mind the heat that much, but damn, I am sick of it now. Want fall. And rain, and highs in the 50s, and freshly-picked apples.
And a nap.