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Comment Re:Re usability (Score 1) 151

by Rizgar (#48739253) Attached to: In Daring Plan, Tomorrow SpaceX To Land a Rocket On Floating Platform
McDonnell Douglas DC-X and stuff like that never really did payload. Plus sending scuba teams to retrieve components followed by massive refurbs are not what I consider truly reusable at least in the 747 analogy Musk keeps making. But I am willing to say all I do is read about this stuff and not work in that industry so I could just be misinformed.
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Would Twitter Make President Obama 'Follow' the Tea Party If the Price Is Right? 121

Posted by timothy from the but-it's-the-native-alaskan-men's-blimp-launchers-association dept.
theodp (442580) writes Giving others the impression that individuals support something that they actually don't could get you fined and placed under house arrest. But if you're Twitter, it could boost your bottom line. Gigaom's Carmel DeAmicis reports that brands pay Twitter to falsely appear in your following list, an advertising technique brought to light by William Shatner after he saw that 'MasterCard' appeared in his following list despite the fact that he didn't follow it. "By making it look like someone follows an account that they don't," writes DeAmicis, "it sends a false signal that said user cares about that brand. Although the brands are marked as 'promoted,' it's not necessarily clear that the user in question doesn't actually follow the brand. There's ethical considerations to be had. Hypothetical examples: What if you're vegan and don't want people to think you're following Burger King? Or you're the CEO of Visa and don't want people thinking you're following MasterCard? Or you're a pro-life activist and don't want people thinking you're following Planned Parenthood?" Or, if you're @BarackObama and don't want people to think you're following @TPPatriots!

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