Re:The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe
by semanticist on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:01PM
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Apart from the one mention of Americans using Twitter, I deliberately made a point of using 'Western'.
Also, the kind of xenophobia, intentional or not (note that I heavily implied it was not the result of conscious thought), that leads to the 'weird foreigners' attitude is in no way unique to America. I'd imagine there's just as much of it in London as there is in Edinburgh as there is in San Francisco.
Oh, and yes, bit.ly should be worried. They should've taken this into account when planning their business and doing risk assessment.
Also, the kind of xenophobia, intentional or not (note that I heavily implied it was not the result of conscious thought), that leads to the 'weird foreigners' attitude is in no way unique to America. I'd imagine there's just as much of it in London as there is in Edinburgh as there is in San Francisco.
Oh, and yes, bit.ly should be worried. They should've taken this into account when planning their business and doing risk assessment.