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update: Facebook’s king pin has backed down.

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=54746167130

Kudos to Mark Zuckerberg for not only back-peddling on the ill-considered change in terms of service: 1 - without advising members and 2 - resulting in an unreasonable perpetual content grab, but for going one step further: involving members of the community in the development of the “the governing document for how the service is used by everyone across the world”. The more service and product providers involve their communities of interest — i.e. customers, whether paying or not — the stronger the service will be and the more aligned with consumer needs and wants.
[Original post after the click]

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