Note to Magpie, that crunching sound? Yeah it’s your business model being crumpled up and shot for a three-pointer into file 13. Yesterday Magpie was a hot topic on Twitter. Although I didn’t mention it in my post about Magpie, there were tweets about wanting to block the ads and service. The wait is over [...]
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Well that didn’t take long: Scarecrow Greasemonkey Script Blocks Magpie
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Twitter vs. Magpie: Wait aren’t Magpie’s supposed to be one of the most annoying birds?

Image via Wikipedia Colleen Coplick’s discussion Sunday about Twitter ad start up Magpie brought a lot to the surface, and from the tweet search on the topic I don’t think many folks are in favour of it. Colleen plays Devil’s advocate contrasting Twitterfeed to Magpie: I totally understand that point of view, but I’m not [...]
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