At 07:22 PM 2/25/99 -0800, Chuq Von Rospach said:
>I got another one
>today, which I need to check up on. I'm magically in some neat new
>server known as alexa.com. Anyone know anything about these chaps?
I know some, but haven't been willing to download their proprietary
browser plug-in to check them out.
*Apparently*, one of their main features is that they archive as much
as the web as possible. Then, if you can't get a page from the
original server, they'll give it to you from their archive. So, if
you've pulled one of your copyrighted pages OFF your server because
you realized it had bad or out-of-date info, or slandered someone, or
just because you damn well want control over your own property, well
TOUGH: they're going to show it to people anyway without asking you
or giving you the opportunity to opt out. I find it a very, VERY
outrageous scheme, and hope to hell someone sues them for it.
>I'm getting rather tired of people doing me favors without asking me,
>and then being unhappy when I don't choose to accept their largess.
>At least Topica, bless them, offers it to you and waits for you to
>say yes....
Just so. I *have* been amused that people here are calling such a
request "spam", while others argue that Topica should have sent them
an e-mail asking if their list could be included in their directory
in the first place (i.e., the "damned if you do, damned if you don't
syndrome").
I for one am happy that SOMEONE is putting some serious money toward
bringing order to the haphazard categorization of lists, AND is
responsible enough to ASK before archiving (I'll be saying "no thanks"
when the request comes), and even to update and/or delete public list
info that is shown in OTHER public directories. That sounds pretty
damn responsible to me.
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