@Laurieslade: I agree. That's my take on most of this stuff

@Ryo: Thanks for commenting. As we say here in Detroit: Ryo Chijiiwa is good people.

@Brahm: Anybody who quotes Diesel Sweeties is okay in my book. I absolutely agree with you that the spotlight of shame should be brought on Twitter for not using an open authentication system. Hopefully when this all shakes out, that will be the good that comes out of this hilarity.

Major sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Myspace all do that - they'll ask for your gmail/hotmail/etc login so they can search your address book for friends. You are absolutely right. It's not acceptable.