Tom Raftery on Xing

Whoops. Xing (formerly OpenBC), a leading European business networking service, has managed to piss off Tom Rafferty, and probably many other Irish users:

[from Twitter / Tom Raftery.

Xing email: “Invite your friends in the UK and get free months!” Premium membership if you invite British friends. V. [very] insulting to the Irish

The implication being either a/ UK citizens count for more than Irish ones, or b/ Irish citizens are being included in the UK pool. Both are bad.