Watching a nation lament the phone hacking scandal while simultaneously embracing Google, FB, & Silicon Valley is the height of irony.
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@aral How? They would still have needed users. As aside, what these criminals carried out was not hacking. It was badly designed privacy. -
@bernardtyers Indeed. Rupert must be kicking himself that he didn’t set up Facebook. Ah, all those direct messages… -
@aral Ruppie is a dinosaur. -
@bernardtyers Indeed — one with the power to elect governments (see Australia, earlier, UK…) -
@aral Electing government doesn’t need social media. But it helps.
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@aral didn't News Corp own MySpace at one point? Missed their chance I guess. -
@mkjones Ah, they did at that… indeed :) - 1 more reply
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@aral The mothership once tried but utterly failed. It was called Myspace. ;-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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