Maryland > Pulling the plug on Networking sites

[biggedon]

The Maryland General Assembly recently banned all elected officials and staff from Facebook and MySpace.

The block pertains to all computers running on the legislature's network.


read more at

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mess...?startid=16#/6

[Acro]

What about twitter?

[biggedon]

What about twitter?

they didn't mention twitter yet, but i read this funny excerp in the same magazine about social networks.


"Social networks also give users a false sense of trust. Simply because you know the profile you see online, does not actually translate to that being the actual person you are talking to in the real world. For all you know you could be talking to your dog" - Jamz Yaneza, Threat Research Manager at Trend Micro

[victornumber]

interesting story. Thanks.

[Donald Aquilano]

Only in the state of Maryland could the idiots in the general assembly think that this is a good idea.

[draggar]

What about Furbies?

[exponent]

What about Furbies?

Furbies are protected under various provisions within the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

[Gerry]

"Social networks also give users a false sense of trust. Simply because you know the profile you see online, does not actually translate to that being the actual person you are talking to in the real world. For all you know you could be talking to your dog" - Jamz Yaneza, Threat Research Manager at Trend Micro

Twitter will be the next land of disputed name claims.

Tony Hawk just recently got his name. Hugh Jackman has to use TheRealHughJackman.

Sounds like the next arena for the cyber cops and cyber attorneys to get into.

[beyond.domaining]

the landgrab for great twitter names is definitely shaping up to be similar to the land grab for great domain names.

we domainers have a leg up on understanding the true value of a good name compared to the general public, and we should translate this knowledge into regging and building out good twitter names, just like we reg and build out good domain names.

for all the newbies out there that are constantly compaining that all the great domain names got snapped up in the 1990s and early 2000s..... Now's your chance - Great Twitter names could be the next great business opportunity in my opinion

[Acro]

Those that seek a .com alternative in the social media circus and/or new crap TLD's like .tel need to have a reality check.

For the record, it's against the TOS to engage in selling of twitter accounts.

[biggedon]

the landgrab for great twitter names is definitely shaping up to be similar to the land grab for great domain names.

we domainers have a leg up on understanding the true value of a good name compared to the general public, and we should translate this knowledge into regging and building out good twitter names, just like we reg and build out good domain names.

for all the newbies out there that are constantly compaining that all the great domain names got snapped up in the 1990s and early 2000s..... Now's your chance - Great Twitter names could be the next great business opportunity in my opinion

twitter extensions are not domains or land...only space in an enclosed network.

it's no different than the craze on gmail and myspace accounts when they first launched.

now... who really cares

Those that seek a .com alternative in the social media circus and/or new crap TLD's like .tel need to have a reality check.

For the record, it's against the TOS to engage in selling of twitter accounts.

all good points to consider.

[Honan]

they didn't mention twitter yet, but i read this funny excerp in the same magazine about social networks.


"Social networks also give users a false sense of trust. Simply because you know the profile you see online, does not actually translate to that being the actual person you are talking to in the real world. For all you know you could be talking to your dog" - Jamz Yaneza, Threat Research Manager at Trend Micro

That explains where my iphone went
That damn dog better cough it up soon or he is going to the pound

[biggedon]

That explains where my iphone went
That damn dog better cough it up soon or he is going to the pound

err...speaking of missing iphones?



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