Posted by kaylabear on April 22, 2010, at 23:09:23
In reply to Re: In reading the recent NY Times article, posted by Phillipa on April 22, 2010, at 20:11:40
Well it seems all the posts-whether that little twitter icon is clicked or not-are being "collected" on this one twitter sister site:
http://tweetmeme.com/search?q=dr+bob+psycho+babble
or tweetmeme.com and search dr. bob psycho babble
This reminds me of specific types of people who collect souveniers of people, remnants, or collections of people for certain reasons. This really freaks me out for that reason and others. People would tweet their own mental distress-related posts around the web if they thought it was helpful or useful. They don't, which is why they come to forums to talk about it.
Bob posted on the Admin page that new posts are being tweeted from a new posters to "welcome" them--but if you look at that meme site - this is not true. It is feeding other posts there.
Maybe you can have fun with it, Phillipa, and I hope your great grandchildren enjoy thousands your archived thoughts related to all your mental health issues one day...or whoever decides to collect all these posts for data mining, whose capabilities are becoming more and more advanced and in mainstream use - for business, insurance companies, and other purposes.
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