[nabs-l] Follow NFB on Twitter

[T. Joseph Carter]

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