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I think Heebie's right about the friends' confusion, but I'm not sure the blame is all on the writer; it's possible that she was more clear, but that the friends still defaulted to the idea that "not on FB" means "not on the public parts of FB." Privacy from other humans vs. privacy from Big Data.

Posted by: JRoth | Link to this comment | 04-29-14 9:48 AM

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She could have solved the whole thing by disclosing the pregnancy online presidentially.

Posted by: politicalfootball | Link to this comment | 04-29-14 10:15 AM

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She could have solved the whole thing by disclosing the pregnancy online presidentially.

Have you seen Chelsea Clinton and Janet Vartesi in the same room?

Posted by: Ginger Yellow | Link to this comment | 04-29-14 10:18 AM

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Vertesi, dammit.

Posted by: Ginger Yellow | Link to this comment | 04-29-14 10:19 AM

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I understand that at Fresh Salt there is a special table were strangers and acquaintances can unwind their key rings and swap frequent shopper fobs.

Posted by: Econolicious (non anonymous ) | Link to this comment | 04-30-14 5:26 PM

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Okay, for the record, this story was just posted at CrookedTimber, and I will be disappointed if they have a better comment thread than we do. . .

Posted by: NickS | Link to this comment | 05- 1-14 8:17 AM