Comments on: Duh Twiddict! Of Course The Red Cross Owns The Red Cross

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

uh oh, you know the attorney will be all over that one!

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well, at first I thought the Red Cross was going over-board; perhaps they were a little sensitive from the recent issues with Johnson & Johnson. But, then I went to the Twiddict website, and noted that the little icon in my Internet Explorer address bar is a dead-on Red Cross. Its the exact same icon that shows up in the address bar if I go to the Red Cross website.

Maybe they’re a little over-zealous, but how hard would it be to just change the color of the cross? Green, yellow, orange, blue… And then the issue is resolved, right?

By: Joel Strellner

Joel Strellner — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey, + I + seem + to + have + accidentally + violated + one + or + more + of + their + guidelines.

In all seriousness, their descriptions of misuse are overstepping their boundaries and probably couldn’t be upheld in court in most cases. Two crossed lines are too common to keep that. I understand the red lines crossed, but heck, even my keyboard has a plus sign on it and a “slanted” version that looks like this: x

Now in regards to this specific case, I do feel that they have a case since Twiddict’s purpose is to save you when twitter is down, which is similar to the purpose of the Red Cross.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Erik – please note that I used my "get out of logo issues with the Red Cross" card for that cross. But also note, that it’s a plus sign, not a cross as in the terms that the cross is normally spoken about or of.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You make a very good point with your "save" reasoning – good job!

By: Erik Giberti

Erik Giberti — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry… couldn’t leave it alone.

Your post earlier today about posting jobs uses a cross that is similar to the Red-Cross logo. Despite the use of blue with white, color blind individuals might be mislead to believe the American Red Cross was affiliated with CN.

http://www.centernetworks.com/job-board-special-offer