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Addressing Accessibility in Social Media

NTEN

Web Consultant and Dan Mouyard, Sr. If you have ever implemented a web submission form on your site, you quickly realized that without spam protection your environment was vulnerable to unwanted content. So when fostering conversations, how can you allow all constituents to participate while safeguarding the site from spam?

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Google needs to stop treating support like it’s an add-on feature

Judi Sohn

User, administrator, vendor, consultant. We have the group set so topics are public, but only members can post and membership has to be approved to avoid spam. I’m questioning my choices and considering alternatives. I’ve been co-moderator of the group since 2009. Doesn’t matter. I looked in every setting.

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Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. People have left social networks before and they will do so again if there is an alternative that suits them better. It’s not really mine, and I don’t like that. goodiness.

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SPAM and the not-for-profit

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

But I'd consult an attorney for a definitive reading on this. Until 1/1/2004, the rules against spam were governed by a host of state regulations. The federal law is known as the CAN-SPAM Act. Here's an example of how the anti-Spam movement saw the act. Tags: nptech , email , spam I love people who think this way.

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