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by dant 18y ago
It doesn't really say that ebay are doing less auctions than before, just that fixed price are gaining share. I doubt auctions will die off completely.
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by dant 18y ago
I'm not sure how seriously to take this, yes its pretty scary but can't help thinking: * Wouldn't this fall foul of anti-cartel laws, could all the ISPs get together and decide to limit what they sell without the government objecting? * Wha
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by dant 18y ago
It was meant to be a lighted joke about how so many people are proposing ways to fix twitter it reminds me of slashdot a few years ago where people were trying to fix spam and they started responding to each suggestion with a list of flaws
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by dant 18y ago
I wonder if slashdot has got a form for this sort of thing yet ;) Your twitter architecture will fail due to: ( ) Database replication issues ( ) Inability to prevent spam (x) Immaturity of the libraries in your chosen language ..
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by dant 18y ago
It's quite interesting but seems to lack any actual conclusion. Security costs money, so what?
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by dant 18y ago
I'm not sure that unsolicited message scenario will be viable if twitter becomes distributed. How would you stop the spam?
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by dant 19y ago
I like that idea, pg and friends would be the founders of the community and would moderate it simply by voting on submissions. Maybe such a system could also give people the ability to "found" new communities within some sub-domain and have
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by dant 19y ago
> All websites eventually die (or, at least, all that I have observed); you can't "keep a community alive" All this makes me think that maybe community forum software should be taking reddit's recommended page to the next level and only