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   BugMeNot

   

   Vicki, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 4:48pm

   
   

   Wow ever heard of first ammendment rights?

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   Facebook hates anon e-mail

   

   Derek, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 4:57pm

   
   

   They have been working very hard to remove access for anyone that uses an disposable e-mail service. So I guess this goes along with that crusade. Although it does take it to a whole other level.

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   Re: BugMeNot

   

   Yoyohead, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:01pm

   
   

   Nope, MySpace is a private club that you sign up to join. They can block whatever they want. Its lame to block that, but they can.

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   Registrations

   

   Michael Long, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:12pm

   
   

   I know several sites that automatically revoke registrations that use disposible emails or obviously false information (john doe, [email protected]).
   
   They believe they're providing a lot of good content in exchange for a valid registration (which they don't spam). If the user doesn't live up to his side of the bargin, then they feel they're justified in cutting him off.

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   Rose M. Welch, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:18pm

   
   

   I love BugMeNot! It's awesome, as it RetailMeNot. I can very much see why Facebook would want to block it, but you think they'd see why knowing it was blocked would piss people off...
   
   It's kinda funny actually because now more people are going to know about the site.

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   I think they fixed it

   

   Matt, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:19pm

   
   

   It gave me the warning earlier today, but it seems to be working fine now.

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   bugmenot

   

   Bill G, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 5:32pm

   
   

   I know a guy that has a couple of small forums and all he does is go on bugmenot and search for the site and block the logins on there and then says does not bother blocking the site in posts and stuff. I guess the big guys are not that smart huh.

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   Anonymous Coward, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 6:03pm

   
   

   1st amendment is right to free speech. Most people don't realize this is about gov't. Meaning you can criticize your gov't and you won't goto jail. Everyone expects every little thing to go with it. no one has read a history book.

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   john doe, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 6:09pm

   
   

   my name IS john doe... those insensitive clods!

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    Jack Sombra, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 6:38pm

    
    

    "I know several sites that automatically revoke registrations that use disposible emails or obviously false information (john doe, [email protected])."
    Funny thing is asda.com is the site for one of the top 3 supermarket chains in the UK

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    Re: Registrations

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 7:31pm

    
    

    So just how does just mentioning BugMeNot equate to "the user doesn't live up to his side of the bargin"?

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    MikeR, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 7:43pm

    
    

    Facebook probably subscribes to one of the blacklisting sites that included BugMeNot in their blacklist. Not necessarily evil - just lazy.

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    Re: BugMeNot

    

    Paul`, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 7:47pm

    
    

    Ever heard that Facebookis hosted on private servers and is not a country? You have no rights to free speech on internet messaging systems like myspace and facebook.

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    Re:

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 8:27pm

    
    

    Ha ha ha! He he he! *snort!*
    
    "Meaning you can criticize your gov't and you won't goto(sic) jail."
    
    Seriously? Really? You believe that?
    Go ahead, criticize the stupid fluff bullshit which gets bandied around day-in and day-out--nobody cares.
    
    But, get close to the truth and mention to the wrong person how your government is wrong and see how fast you become a "terrorist" in charge of some plot (which you've never heard of) and then it's just capture you (you terrorist fuck) and ship you off to Guantanamo Bay.

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    steve, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 9:36pm

    
    

    just tried it out on my facebook and nothing happened. would love to know the whole story.

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    ike, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 10:03pm

    
    

    Wow ever heard of first ammendment rights?

    You have the right to say almost everything you want, but Facebook doesn't have any obligation to publish it.

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    Re:

    

    Michael Long, Sep 5th, 2008 @ 10:18pm

    
    

    Unless asdgfs is a genuine Hindu or Arabic name I suspect that the combination is sufficiently suspicious, especially when coupled with a login name of John Doe... (grin)

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    not blocked

    

    anon, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 2:12am

    
    

    it's not blocked anymore.

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    mailinator FTW

    

    chris (profile), Sep 6th, 2008 @ 7:02am

    
    

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    Re: BugMeNot

    

    BTR1701, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 7:31am

    
    

    > Wow ever heard of first ammendment rights?
    
    Wow, ever actually read the Constitution?
    
    The 1st Amendment only protects against government censorship. It has no bearing on the actions of a privately owned web site.

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    Re: Re:

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 7:34am

    
    

    > But, get close to the truth and mention to the wrong person
    > how your government is wrong
    
    And what "truth" might that be? I want to put your little theory to the test.

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    Re: Re:

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 9:07am

    
    

    Unless asdgfs is a genuine Hindu or Arabic name I suspect that the combination is sufficiently suspicious,

    What? Email addresses are just that, addresses. They are not personal names.
    

    especially when coupled with a login name of John Doe... (grin)

    I've got another news flash for you, John Doe is a legitimate name. You may not like it, but that's not the point.

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    Re: Re: Re:

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 9:16am

    
    

    And what "truth" might that be?
    
    I suspect that might be any truth that those with sufficient authority find to be sufficiently threatening to such authority. You can take it from there.
    
    I want to put your little theory to the test.
    
    Go ahead. They'll keep the light on for you at Gitmo.

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    Re: Re: BugMeNot

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 11:16am

    
    

    Thank you for replying to that.

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    Todd Nugent, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 3:12pm

    
    

    FaceBook is a total scam. But if you use the service, then expect to be told what to do by Zuckerberg. That's the way it is.

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    Re:

    

    IrishDaze, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 7:22pm

    
    

    I hadn't heard of RetailMeNot before. Thanks for mentioning it!!

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    Pinky Floyd, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 7:50pm

    
    

    Geeze...People should just get a 'junk' e-mail account with Google and use that to give out indiscriminately and just check it once a month to empty it out.
    
    That's what I do...
    
    /And when they do send me e-mail crap..I list it as 'spam'. Let the big boys at Google deal with them.

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    Tech Solution?

    

    Stefan Mai, Sep 6th, 2008 @ 8:24pm

    
    

    Any how hard would it be to write a script that polls bugmenot.com and bans any valid usernames and passwords that show up there?

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    ...?

    

    Novice, Sep 7th, 2008 @ 8:13pm

    
    

    Sorry, feel a little out of place reading this, but what -is- BugMeNot?

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    Shouldn't That Be Rephrased As ...

    

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Sep 7th, 2008 @ 11:49pm

    
    

    "Remember back about four years ago when all sorts of online publishers required registration and freaked out about services like BugMeNot that allowed you to create bogus registrations?"

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    Re: Tech Solution?

    

    Anonymous Coward, Sep 7th, 2008 @ 11:59pm

    
    

    Seems like it would also be an easy for admins to ban users they didn't like for personal or other reasons without admitting the true reason. Just give the username and password to BugMeNot and then ban the "bad" user because his info "turned up" on BugMeNot.

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    Re: Re: BugMeNot

    

    Anonymous Coward, Oct 11th, 2008 @ 2:55am

    
    

    > the Constitution?
    
    > only protects against government
    
    > It has no bearing on the actions of a privately owned web site
    
    Oh, really?
    
    So when your "privately owned" company also decides it won't hire "Negroes" then what?
    
    GOTCHA!

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    bugmenot, Oct 15th, 2008 @ 9:03am

    
    

    Um, that's not free speech that's discrimination by race.
    ha ha GOTCHA

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    EEBIE

    

    EEBIE, Feb 14th, 2009 @ 5:20pm

    
    

    EAT ASS HAIR.droppedthebomb.com

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    No more blocked bugmenot!

    

    bypass rd to, Nov 24th, 2010 @ 9:31pm

    
    

    Hey check out this new site, they don't block urls! http://bypass.rd.to/

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