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Stay away from social network sites, my friend
08.11.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsJust recently, a friend of mine was a victim of the viral marketing practice of a social network site (SNS).
For the purpose of this article, let’s call the SNS, My FriendlySite.
MyFriendlySite sent out invitations to my friend’s contacts to join MyFriendlySite. To those who know her, the invites totally look not measuring to her standards and [...]
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