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further ljmeme thoughts..
Further to the previous post, I was just wondering..
There is no authentication on the ljmeme thing, is there? I mean, I could sign up as anyone I liked - it seems to be a case of first-come-first-served as far as getting the username.
So, in theory I could say I was you, or your sister, or your friend's boyfriend, and then log in and say I had a crush on you.
There is nothing at all to prevent this!
Now, in a few weeks, the ljmeme team will release the (currently hidden) results of the crush meme, in return for a couple of dollars a throw. Say you give in to curiousity and pay to find out who has a crush on you - and the system says it's your father, or your manager, or your friend's girlfriend. You wouldn't stop and wonder "is it true?", you'd just start treating them differently, for something they'd never done.
Now, I'm not going to do anything like that, because I believe it's morally wrong; however, the system is inherently untrustworthy and let's face it, people have been bitten before, so why is everyone doing it all over again? It's a disaster waiting to happen..
There is no authentication on the ljmeme thing, is there? I mean, I could sign up as anyone I liked - it seems to be a case of first-come-first-served as far as getting the username.
So, in theory I could say I was you, or your sister, or your friend's boyfriend, and then log in and say I had a crush on you.
There is nothing at all to prevent this!
Now, in a few weeks, the ljmeme team will release the (currently hidden) results of the crush meme, in return for a couple of dollars a throw. Say you give in to curiousity and pay to find out who has a crush on you - and the system says it's your father, or your manager, or your friend's girlfriend. You wouldn't stop and wonder "is it true?", you'd just start treating them differently, for something they'd never done.
Now, I'm not going to do anything like that, because I believe it's morally wrong; however, the system is inherently untrustworthy and let's face it, people have been bitten before, so why is everyone doing it all over again? It's a disaster waiting to happen..