Earlier today, Stephen Fry tweeted that: Until @twitter can stop the DM spamming, Direct Messaging will continue to be a useless appendage to the service… — Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) September 28, 2013 He is right, of course. Twitter’s direct messaging feature is almost completely useless because of the amount of spam, but that is only…
Put a “No Flyers” Sign on Your Mailbox Because Trees
According to the CBC Canada Post sent letters to nearly 1 million Canadians this week urging them to take the “no flyers” signs off of their mailbox: Anick Losier, a spokeswoman for Canada Post, said her organization wants to be sure that citizens are not missing out on important, but unaddressed, mail. “[The letter is]…
Quechup: Just Say No
Via BoingBoing (and my inbox) – Please do not accept invites to Quechup. It appears to be some kind of new ‘Social Networking’ site but it , in the words of Xeni Jardin, “anally rapes your address book, and violates user trust by spamming all your contacts.” In other words it will send invites to…