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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Jul 2012

      Oh, ffs, @sparrow has been acquired by Google! http://sprw.me/  Now I have to find a new email client. Stay out of my email, Google!

      9 replies 15 retweets 3 likes
    2. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 20 Jul 2012
      Replying to @aral

      @aral I need to find new email now too :( @sparrow

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Jul 2012
      Replying to @laurakalbag

      @laurakalbag :( *hug* +@sparrow

      10:24 AM - 20 Jul 2012
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        2. Dan Blundell‏ @danblundell 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @laurakalbag Google stole the whole Internet. Congrats @sparrow but we just lost a really great product to data robbers :(

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @danblundell

          @danblundell shall we start a support group? I feel all lost… @aral @sparrow

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Rachel  🐝‏ @MissRachilli 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @laurakalbag

          @laurakalbag @danblundell @aral @sparrow I’m really not happy either :(

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Dan Blundell‏ @danblundell 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @MissRachilli

          @missrachilli @laurakalbag @aral still, good luck to @sparrow its ax shame for us but great news for them!

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @danblundell

          @danblundell yeah if you *want* to work for Google. And fine if you want to do that, but I can’t see the appeal… @missrachilli @aral

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Dan Blundell‏ @danblundell 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @laurakalbag

          @laurakalbag I just mean from a business point of view, if they didn't want to, they wouldn't / @missrachilli @aral

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @danblundell

          @danblundell I don’t get ‘business’. I struggle to identify with any of these motivations. @missrachilli @aral

          4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Dan Blundell‏ @danblundell 20 Jul 2012
          Replying to @laurakalbag

          @laurakalbag part of growth that comes in different forms, it'll never be completely clear *why* they sold which makes it tough to associate

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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