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Re:Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from ... by sethbannon on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @09:22AM (#4942659)
"Facebook really couldn't have been more generous to this guy." Yes they could have. They could have not banned him for building a browser extension.
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Re:Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from ... by hnriot on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @09:37AM (#4942719)
I think you missed the point entirely. Facebook have just become his marketing department.
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Re:Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from ... by atonse on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @12:34PM (#4943645)
Agreed. Until today I had never heard of FB Purity. Thanks for the suggestion, Facebook.
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Re:Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from ... by bigfudge2 on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @09:53AM (#4942787)
Exactly. I hadn't heard of this, but it's wonderful.
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Re:Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from ... by zaidf on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @01:08PM (#4943827)
A marketing dept can't do much for a product that is a about to die.
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