No one can escape Google's roving eyes — not even the Twitterati! Pierre Omidyar, Ryan Block, John Byrne, and others used Twitter to rid themselves of whatever scraps of private dignity remained:

Vancouver Sun managing editor Kirk LaPointe showed how you can't run from Twitter.

Former Engadget editor Ryan Block failed to alter people's assumptions about him.

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All-caps boremonger John Byrne, the editor of BusinessWeek.com, made sure people wouldn't listen to his podcast by accident.

Salon.com editor Joan Walsh witnessed teabaggers in action.

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eBay founder Pierre Omidyar got punked by Larry and Sergey.

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