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I'm sure Zuck and Sandberg went straight for the delete button on that email. "Oh its linkbait Calcanis ranting about something stupid and trolling for an Adviser gig."

Its so odd, I do really like JCal's stance on other issues (paid pitching groups) but his fb rants are annoying.

He should have wrote them a thank you letter for delivering an easy to use tool for exporting all content rather than just a simple PS mention.

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No, in this case Calacanis had a point. Facebook shouldn't be allowing force joins to sketchy groups.

fb's is following their social design process of solving problems. the solution to someone joining you to a sketchy group is also solved by social design - you un-join, un-friend the person, and post quick status update stating you think the group is crap and call out the person that signed you up. Its not totally ideal but there are clear social repercussions for such bad behavior, which is an advantage of social design.

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