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Ffffantastic Bookmarking, Redux
Posted on 01/08/2008 by fish • Permalink • Comment (0 so far)

I posted a rebuttal to my recent piece on ffffound, over at Scintillating Bullshit, my personal blog. I thought I’d point it out here, as it has engendered a rather interesting discussion of the popular sites’ dark side.

Also, happy belated new year to all!

-fish

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