..." will Socl ever reach critical mass?" I am sure it will reach critical mass... and then explode in a fiery mess that wipes it out entirely.
On Friday, December 7, 2012 10:48:37 PM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: > Someone just needs to put MS down for its own good. It's getting > embarrassing. > [image: Skip to main > content]<http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/05/tech/social-media/microsoft-socl-social-network/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5#ContentArea> > > You've selected the U.S. Edition. Would you like to make this your > default edition? 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