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Raines Cohen marked one of joanrolling85's replies in Twitter as useful. joanrolling85 replied to the problem "Web not posting tweets from people I follow". Raines Cohen and 5 other people think it's one of the best replies.

mdy replied on August 12, 2008 23:10 to the question "Search engine nightmare." in Twitter:

Hello. It's my understanding that even with a protected or private account:

a. you can still be found by people who know your email address through Twitter's Find-and-Follow feature

b. You can also be found via Twitter's User Search because it searches through what's written in the profile Bio rather than your actual tweets.

So protecting the account doesn't stop people from finding you; it only protects the actual tweets that you've sent. Protecting the account also doesn't protect your Bio, your list of friends, list of followers, or tweets that you've tagged as favorites

The main "hassle" that comes with protecting an account is that you'll need to approve each person who wants to read your profile.

Having said all this, I like your suggestion about giving users a setting that allows them to opt out of the search engines. This doesn't stop people from reading your tweets once they've found your account, but at least you're not indexed forever on a third-party site.

Raines Cohen marked one of mdy's replies in Twitter as useful. mdy replied to the question "Are protected updates actually protected from search engine indexing?".

Ken McGlothlen replied on August 12, 2008 18:14 to the question "Search engine nightmare." in Twitter:

And both of you have missed my point. Sigh.

The point was that I wanted a setting that says, "Twitter, please don't disseminate my information to other sites." That's all. I don't mind people on Twitter being able to find me, communicate with me, and so on. I just didn't want people everywhere *else* to discover my Twitter account. "Protecting" my profile does that, but also makes things difficult for other Twitter members who *are* looking for me.

I guess I'm going to have to search for another service. identi.ca is coming along, I hear.

mdy marked one of Raines Cohen's replies in Twitter as useful. Raines Cohen replied to the question "Search engine nightmare.".

Raines Cohen marked one of mdy's replies in Twitter as useful. mdy replied to the question "Search engine nightmare.".

Raines Cohen replied on July 16, 2008 12:39 to the question "Search engine nightmare." in Twitter:

Protect your profile. That lets you choose your followers. Nothing can stop them from publicly replying to you or quoting you or citing your tweets, but it increases your odds of being invisible.

A comment on the question "The Fabulous Donna Edwards -- Webcast?" in Netroots Nation:

plus there's the Netroots Nation in Second Life option, which is free this year: http://www.nninsl.org/ – Raines Cohen, on July 16, 2008 12:34

Raines Cohen marked one of Mary Rickles' replies in Netroots Nation as useful. Mary Rickles replied to the question "The Fabulous Donna Edwards -- Webcast?".

A comment on the question "Early check-in Wednesday Evening???" in Netroots Nation:

and run 'til 8 pm, according to the latest email from Raven. – Raines Cohen, on July 16, 2008 12:30

Raines Cohen marked one of Mary Rickles' replies in Netroots Nation as useful. Mary Rickles replied to the question "Early check-in Wednesday Evening???".

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Raines Cohen marked one of Mary Rickles' replies in Netroots Nation as useful. Mary Rickles replied to the question "2 Early Bird registrations for NN available for sale".

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Raines Cohen started following the question "how do i transfer my netroots nation registration to someone else?" in Netroots Nation.

A comment on the question "how do i transfer my netroots nation registration to someone else?" in Netroots Nation:

When I did this procedure, editing a ticket as part of a group, changing the email address was not an option, but I was able to edit the rest of the entry. – Raines Cohen, on July 16, 2008 12:28

Raines Cohen marked one of Raven Brooks' replies in Netroots Nation as useful. Raven Brooks replied to the question "how do i transfer my netroots nation registration to someone else?".

Eric Suesz replied on May 13, 2008 19:59 to the problem "Product icons don't update dashboard-added status so they work backwards" in Get Satisfaction:

Just wanted to follow up and say that it is something on our list, but we haven't fixed it fully yet. Thanks for your patience, and thanks for reporting it.

Eric Suesz replied on May 04, 2008 16:36 to the problem "Product icons don't update dashboard-added status so they work backwards" in Get Satisfaction:

Raines: I think I'm seeing this, too. I believe you have spotted a genuine bug. Thanks for spotting this! We'll work to get it fixed quickly, and we'll get back to you and let you know when it's fixed.

Raines Cohen marked one of Marc Hedlund's replies in Wesabe as useful. Marc Hedlund replied to the question "Adding Historical Data to an existing account".