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   Message 729 of 899   
   Jeff Snyder to vocatus@bigfoot.com   
   Re: The Death Of BBS'ing   
   01 Aug 09 03:06:58   
   
   From: working_class_peon@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2009-07-28 07:26:16 +1000, "4poster"  said:   
      
   > Aren't blogs like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace becoming so popular they're   
   > hastening the demise of BBS's?   
      
   I don't know. Probably. I don't use any of those services. They are   
   just data mining sites which are monitored by the government and Big   
   Business.  So many of today's Internet users are so naive. They seem to   
   have no problem with spilling out their guts on such sites. Personally,   
   I think they're all crazy. :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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