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Re:Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo D... by chris11 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:24PM (#17812305)
I was assuming communications would be private. Debt collection has a deservedly bad reputation, but I think any public communication would quickly become legally problematic. It seems like bad idea both ethically and practically if messages weren't private.
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Re:Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo D... by newman8r on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:07PM (#17812736)
Hopefully it's private.

As far as the legal requirements, I believe in the US it's permissible for debt collectors to contact friends/family in order to get in touch with the debtor, but there are certain limitations (like they're not supposed to disclose the amount of the debt, etc).

I think you're right about the practicality issue - I doubt twitter or any other network would want anyone using their platform for that type of activity.

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Re:Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo D... by imglorp on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:02PM (#17813782)
Even if private messaging, which social platform has bank level privacy/PII controls in place? How often are they hacked/sold/oopsied?
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Re:Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo D... by gonzoflip on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:37PM (#17812968)
The Chinese courts have been exploring an _interesting_ and public method of debt collection.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/26/content_302507...

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