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Violation of TOU
 a reply to Splommenters please no commentby Steve Elmore on May 28, 2008 - 07:37 AM read 202 times |
Very interesting!
So, Microsoft avoids the sock puppet conundrum by being open about the affiliation, but the intent is purely commercial. (And frankly, the writing is cheesy!) Their attempt to be viral has backfired here because the post has been repeated numerous times without alteration other than perhaps the salutation and closing. This is pretty weak and just goes to show that our friends in Redmond still don't get it. We may need to put some thought into a flagging capability to identify commercial posts.
Also, I need to point out that the Rosenberg post would be a violation of our Terms of Use if it was posted on our site:
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