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Re:Is Tumblr a bot fest? on Saturday October 22, 2011 @01:36PM (#3143906)
Twitter is a botfest too - post anything with the phrase SEO in it and you get a bunch of followers with no icon, no tweets and no value. This is where Facebook has a big edge, the focus on real identity and the crack down on API use has kept Facebook much cleaner than the others

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Back in 2004 before there was Facebook, Google Maps APIs and the iPhone I started a social network called ontri.com - I was really into triathlon and marathon running at the time and there were no sites out there that focused on the middle of the packers like me at that time. The site has been a side project for me, it adds new users every day but could really use someone who is both technical...

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