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  • From: Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: labratz AT metalab.unc.edu
  • Cc: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] /. - friendster fights fakesters
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 07:51:29 -0400 (EDT)

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/2338200

Posted by simoniker on Thursday August 14, @07:44AM
from the i'm-friends-with-jesus dept.

jerkface writes "Matchmaking/personal networking site Friendster is
experiencing a 'problem'. Unruly individuals like John Locke, Socrates,
Alf, and many incarnations of Jesus Christ are trying to take over the
site, according to SFWeekly.com. For a few months, the 'fakesters' were
mostly tolerated, so long as they didn't offend anyone with the images
they posted. Fakester profiles exist claiming to be famous people (alive
and dead), cities, buildings, abstract concepts, and - increasingly -
Friendster CEO Jon Abrams. Abrams is now saying they're all going to be
deleted because they ruin the site. Fakesters argue he's stifling the full
potential of the site, and many people report that 100% genuine profiles
have been deleted in the recent campaigns against fakesters."

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