[nabs-l] Follow NFB on Twitter

[Dezman Jackson]

Yeah, while I do agree that solutions should be made to dealing with 
capchas, I would say that it would be a little over the top to take a social 
networking site to the courts over the matter.

Dezman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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Cc: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Follow NFB on Twitter


> Peter, what's to stop them is that the fact that blind people use the site 
> with sighted assistance is irrelevant.
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 09:35:55AM -0600, Peter Donahue wrote:
>>Hello Linda and listers,
>>
>>It's also possible to invite Myspace and facebook contacts to join us on 
>>non-CAPTCHA Social Networks. And furthermore what's to stop these  folks 
>>from arguing against us in court saying that, "Despite our use of CAPTCHAS 
>>you folks still find ways to use our services so why should we change 
>>things?" Has anyone contemplated that possibility?
>>
>>    I know of two social sites which I've set up accounts on that don't 
>> require the use of any visual verification. They are www.linkedin.com and 
>> www.instantspot.com. If we're going to create presences on these networks 
>> why hasn't the NFB gotten "Linked In" or "Spotted?" This is a means to 
>> and end that could backfire on us in the courts big-time.
>>
>>Peter Donahue
>
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