[Air-l] MSN chat

A.N.Joinson A.N.Joinson at open.ac.uk
Thu Sep 25 09:27:09 PDT 2003


The register has a couple of interesting articles:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33032.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33013.html

Both suggest that the reason isn't concern for users' wellbeing. 

After all, if Microsoft was worried about spam, they'd close hotmail, and
make their software secure. And, if they were worried about users' mental
wellbeing (suggested by the use of the term 'inappropriate content' in much
of the coverage), then presumably they'd release software that didn't drive
people mad..

Adam.




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