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by mhodgson 5661 days ago
Wow, works great. Now I can follow people without having to actually listen to them.
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babeKnuth 5660 days ago
best. use-case. ever.
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jdunck 5660 days ago
Really? I hope that's not true. Friend != follow. :-(
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aaronwhite 5660 days ago
It's a really common use case actually. Let's say you're a friend IRL, but on Twitter you just talk about sports. I still want you to be able to Direct Message me, but I don't care about sports (I'm myopic and only care about tech ;-)) Proxlet helps you achieve this type of relationship.
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babeKnuth 5660 days ago
ha. yes i was serious.

internet friend != real-life friend

sorry to break the bad news :(

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