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True, isn't there a difference between the tweets shown by, say, http://cursebird.com (which are clearly tweets), and repackaging a tweet as a different form of content.
If they maintained the integrity of the tweets -- complete with the links present in them, that's something else.
If they made it seem like the page was written by google, then yes, they would be.
The point isn't that Fluther's TOS are being violated... it's merely that stripping out the attribution link makes it look like the question was asked by another user on another site.
We basically have a funny upsell for tell a friend on the site when you log in after a few days. It's similar to mozilla's "spread firefox" message on the moz FF homepage.
Brian, That's troubling -- we haven't seen that problem before.
If you email me at andrew /at/ fluther.com with the discussion I can see what went wrong.
Sorry you had trouble with the site.
Great feedback. You can view a list of all the questions you've answers under accounts activity you're following. We'll look into simplifying that navigation.
We totally agree -- OpenID integration is in the works.
Tell a friend has been a great boon to our traffic -- especially because we present an interstitial after your third visit. It's significantly boosted our new user registration.