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The Blacklist

William Gibson’s blog today features a guest post by Jack Womack on The Blacklist, published during the Red Scare to prevent “communist sympathizers” from furthering their pinko ways.
One line by this “old” writer stood out in particular:

When I was young my mother told me to never sign a petition, because you could never know where your name would wind up.

Petitions: the original social networking websites!