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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

On 1/26/2011 3:26 PM, Trudie Redding wrote:
> That is what happens sometimes I think, the business, in this case
> this grocery chain, uses our email trail as a way to get educated
> about our version of their business and or practices and then puts
> the info into play in order to get a new store open in the town of
> their choice, in this case, Austin. I thought this earlier today with
> the going back and forth of email but this email in particular, if
> you don't mind me quoting says it all "That's a great suggestion and
> I'll bet TJ might be interested in this."

This is another example of those dubious marketing practices:

Facebook statuses may become ads without any opt-out
http://www.betanews.com/article/Facebook-statuses-may-become-ads-without-any-optout/1296073945
By Ed Oswald | Published January 26, 2011, 3:47 PM

Facebook has unveiled a new advertising option for its partners that 
would allow companies to pull user's statuses and use them in ads on the 
service. Called Sponsored Stories, stauses of a user mentioning a 
company would be able to be used by a company in ads to that user's friends.

Users would not be able to opt-out of being used in these ads. Facebook 
said that check-ins to business and places are lost in our ever-moving 
news feeds, and companies have no way of taking advantage of the 
marketing potential these statuses could have. Thus, Sponsored Stories 
would essentially turn any status mentioning a brand into a potential ad.