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ditojim on April 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tumblr "Disappears" Microsoft's Danah Boyd

it is potentially criminal if they sold it but they are stupid if they didn't? did i read that wrong?

wccrawford on April 28, 2011 [–]

Nope, you read that correctly.

To do something that slimy and not get paid for it is stupid. (The fact that it was stupid in the first place does affect the fact that not getting paid for it is stupid in itself.)

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