Facebook quickly reversed its decision to ban egoblogger Robert Scoble. He promised not to repeat the stunt of scraping their site for information about his friends. Facebook, for its part, said that the banning was the result of an automated process -- but it's unlikely to give up its data without similar fights. Scoble quickly went live on Mogulus to hold court and entertain questions, support, and criticism. And he's having a grand old time!
The whole incident lets Scoble play martyr, rebel, and scamp. He knew what the consequences would be. He was not duped by Plaxo, which provided him the Facebook-scraping tool, into being an unwitting lab rat. "Yes, I violated the agreement. I s[...]