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If you and I tweet back and forth agreeing that I'll sell you a sandwich for $5, that's a contract. No court is going to hear an argument that I was talking to
by henryfjordan 7y ago
If you and I tweet back and forth agreeing that I'll sell you a sandwich for $5, that's a contract. No court is going to hear an argument that I was talking to Twitter and then Twitter was talking to you so it doesn't count. Anyone tweeting @Disney is clearly "sending it to Disney".
Also I think there's a time delay on seeing the reply link on replies to your own comments.
- 8ytecoder 7y agoEven ignoring the rest of your logic - replies are different from mentions and can be inferred only by context of the tweet and not simply the presence of @disney in the tweet.
- justusthane 7y agoIn your example, I would be Tweeting you explicitly saying “I’ll give you $5.” Maybe that’s a binding contract. That’s not what Disney is doing. What Disney is doing would be like if I said “Anyone who Tweets at me owes me $5.” That’s obviously not a binding contract.
- henryfjordan 7y agoDisney is saying "in exchange for a chance to spread your message in our marketing materials, you agree to our follow our ToS".
- gmanley 7y agoYou're really twisting words here. No that is not what is happening. I never agreed to any exchange. I should be able to tweet at Disney with that hashtag and not agree to their ToS. Nothing about a hashtag implies consent. It is not their service to set terms for. I already agreed to the twitter ToS. I shouldn't have to be worried about accidentally agreeing to terms just because I used the right combination of hashtag and twitter user.