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| Sunsnail |
moi aussi
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| Streakfury |
| quote: | Originally posted by est
if you don't mind me asking, why do people overcomplicate their social life by doing that??? Is there a limit to the number of people that you can fit on one account? Do you separate your contacts in to different accounts for organisation (despite the fact that you can separate them in to groups on msn anyway)? Does it make you feel more popular to have more than one email account? I've never understood it and it's a pisser that it screws up my message history when ive got mates that sign in under 2 different names. |
No I don't mind you asking. To be honest, I didn't know many people did do that, but I haven't chosen to do that because it makes me feel more popular, or because there's a limit to the number of contacts I can have, but it is for organisation.
Keep business and pleasure separate, that's the golden rule. Anything to do with TA, or any other site that I visit recreationally, I'll use a nickname, like most people really. That goes for anyone I talk to on MSN from TA or anywhere else, and also anything to do with file sharing or other 'untoward' activities.
But then I need a business-type side to things, such as email addresses and websites etc. I just like to keep things separate, thats all. And with all these new messenger clients and email things, it gets a bit hard to keep business separate from pleasure. So if someone comes up with a messenger client that lets you sign in with two different names, I'm sorted.
| quote: | Originally posted by DjWhooCares
ur trying to ignore me :( iam teh sad now |
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Nah, MSN forever!! :p :p |
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| fastmp3 |
| add me bitchiz fastmp3 gmail com |
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| Demoted |
| I added all j00z who invited me. :thepirate |
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| est |
| quote: | Originally posted by Streakfury
[color=yellow]No I don't mind you asking. To be honest, I didn't know many people did do that, but I haven't chosen to do that because it makes me feel more popular, or because there's a limit to the number of contacts I can have, but it is for organisation.
Keep business and pleasure separate, that's the golden rule. Anything to do with TA, or any other site that I visit recreationally, I'll use a nickname, like most people really. That goes for anyone I talk to on MSN from TA or anywhere else, and also anything to do with file sharing or other 'untoward' activities.
But then I need a business-type side to things, such as email addresses and websites etc. I just like to keep things separate, thats all. And with all these new messenger clients and email things, it gets a bit hard to keep business separate from pleasure. So if someone comes up with a messenger client that lets you sign in with two different names, I'm sorted. |
so, all this just so as you can show a nickname to your non-businness friends? you could jsut do what i do and show your real name to everyone...(says she who has 5 email accounts to check every day:rolleyes: ) |
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| wizniz |
im on!
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| loconet |
| quote: | Originally posted by est
I don't think they're reading my emails (though they're prefectly welcome to sift through my hundreds of penis extension junk mails if they want:p), and of course they don't publish them, or we'd all know about it! We all know we're being watched by people we don't know. I don't like that, and I hold even more dislike for the mindless logic to justify the surveillance e.g. 'we're doing this so you dont have to look at ads youre not interested in' or 'if you're not doing anything wrong then you shouldn't have a problem with being watched'.
That quote was from my very first correspondence from gmail, in a large print, easy to read email. It's almost as if those justificiations that are my pet hate have become so accepted by the world that google feels comfortable with admitting to everyone from outset that they're watching us. |
Maybe I'm not understanding what you're saying, please correct me if I'm wrong. Who is watching what? Nobody is watching your e-mail (at least not admitting to it :p). Their "mindless" logic refers to actual programs (ie: not human beings) that scan your e-mails for string patterns that trigger their spam/virus protection software. What is wrong with that? It's called technology and unfortunately that is one of the only feasible ways we deal with spam/viruses - something needs to scan the content in order to decide if it's good or bad. They are not admitting they are watching you. |
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| est |
| quote: | Originally posted by loconet
Maybe I'm not understanding what you're saying, please correct me if I'm wrong. Who is watching what? Nobody is watching your e-mail (at least not admitting to it :p). Their "mindless" logic refers to actual programs (ie: not human beings) that scan your e-mails for string patterns that trigger their spam/virus protection software. What is wrong with that? It's called technology and unfortunately that is one of the only feasible ways we deal with spam/viruses - something needs to scan the content in order to decide if it's good or bad. They are not admitting they are watching you. |
OK, so it's not like there's a bunch of people sitting physically reading every email sent on gmail - that would just be silly. The email had nothing to do with virus scanning or spam protection, but everything to do with posting adverts depending on what the email is about. I don't know much about computers, but don't most email providers decide that an email is spam depending on how many people it is sent to? And attachments are disallowed depending on the size of them? But what gmail is doing is more than that - the actual content of our emails is now under scrutiny. The fact that it's a computer program as opposed to a human being makes not one whit of difference to me.
A couple of years ago, I heard of future plans to show TV adverts tailored to match our buying habits, when we have the technology to do so. So, instead of being allowed to buy what I need/want in peace, corporate companies feel they have the right to nosey in on my behaviour becuase they see me as an easy target to brainwash in to buying their latest useless products. I didn't like the sound of that, and although what gmail is doing isn't nearly as bad as that, it's one step closer than we were, and people are OK with it.
But like I said, it's a pet hate of mine. I'm just one of these people that likes to have my own space. |
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