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http://hummingcrow.tumblr.com created a few days ago just to try out LifeCast!

I like the idea. I suppose the "normal" reason for most people would be to hide the "Posted with LifeCast" text, but all I want to do is visually differentiate it from what I write. Which I can't really do on Tumblr. But I could do on Blogger by manually editing the post to add a class or id around the LifeCast link and adding a custom style for it to my CSS. A bit of a pain. But the visually anal-retentive will do it, you know they will.

Although http://twitter.com/andrewbaron has deleted his ebay auction, I would still appreciate some clarification from Twitter as to whether the sale of Twitter accounts + followers is considered acceptable within the TOS. If this incident clarifies that issue (one way or the other) I will consider it a positive event.

It's not only about following someone you don't know. People who follow andrewbaron are also fans of his videos and/or follow his new media writings. many have reason to follow him even without a direct personal connection. barackobama has a lot of followers that don't know him personally. i bet they'd be unhappy if he sold them off to the highest bidder. – cherylcolan, on April 14, 2008 00:27

speaking of mocking, a cell phone with andrewbaron's phone number stored in it may be on the auction block soon: http://twitter.com/Chuckumentary/stat... – cherylcolan, on April 14, 2008 00:08

The same user is now selling a "two-day guest host slot" on Craigslist for $150 USD: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/com...

The only thing in the Twitter TOS that seems applicable is the Basic Terms #3 & #4 - where you have an obligation to keep your password secure and not impersonate another Twitter user. That's in addition to not spamming ...

I feel pretty strongly that Twitter should amend its Terms of Service to clearly disallow selling or renting one's Twitter account(s) and followers as quickly as possible. Getting an account is free, why would anyone need to sell one or buy one except to exploit relationships between people for financial gain. I'm getting utterly sick of that and would like to see Twitter protected from such behavior. Social experiment be damned. Please put a stop to this, Twitter.