Comments on: Robert Scoble is Naughty

By: Sabrina Dent: Pixel Pushing Ireland » Oh Moli You Heartbreaker, You

Sabrina Dent: Pixel Pushing Ireland » Oh Moli You Heartbreaker, You — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:03:25 +0000

[...] pins its colours to the mast with the post-Facebook slogan “Control your privacy.” As previously mentioned, I’m all for that. But more than that, Moli convincingly delivers what nobody else [...]

By: Bernie Goldbach

Bernie Goldbach — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:06:31 +0000

Friends don’t scrape friends.

By: Anton Mannering

Anton Mannering — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:26:09 +0000

I agree John and I think his spin of "I was trying to make a point" is utter bollox. I was just speaking to the general principal not the specific parties. As to the idea that you thought they were secure, well, if your friends list was only 10 people you wouldn't think your email was secure so where's the line? I wrote a couple of posts on the subject.. As to data portability I think it's a grey area that's relevance has a time limit. I don't think it's gonna be important enough for long enough to matter...

By: John Handelaar

John Handelaar — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:04:10 +0000

He didn’t just hoover out a bunch of emails we had a reasonable expectation (because they’re written as images, not HTML) weren’t exportable.

He handed them over to fucking PLAXO, who spent most of the last year accessing the address books of new users and spamming the shit out of everybody in them, without even asking first.

He’s being a monumental fucknut, and so is anyone who ignores the Plaxo part of this equation and sides with him.

By: Sabrina Dent

Sabrina Dent — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:49:35 +0000

Anton, yes the birthday and “other information” is indeed more dodgy. But I don’t think there’s much value in this current endless debate on “OK but how dodgy?” Bottom line: Scoble did a bad thing.

I actually have no objection to data portability across social networks in theory. I do however insist that I have to agree to my data being ported, and have granular control over what exactly you can have.

I never gave Scoble permission to port my data, and he never asked me what he could take. He assumed his judgment about what I would mind and what I wouldn’t mind was sound enough for both of us, and it isn’t. Scoble does not, in fact, know best.

By: Anton Mannering

Anton Mannering — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:30:48 +0000

Have to disagree with you a bit Sabrina. You can hide your email addres if you want on FB. He was only taking those of the people who actually chose to share their emails AFAIK. If you friended me having chosen to expose your email address to me. Would you be surprised to get an email from me?
It’s the birthday and other info that’s dodgy really I think. Of course apart from the fact that whoevers doing it for him can gather other info too…

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:15:15 +0000

Wholeheartedly agree. Silly Scoble.