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			| greatwhitenorthchick | 10-22-2003 10:12 AM |  
 Jonathan all grown up
 
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		| Originally posted by notcasesensitive
 RE: friendster either Sparklehorse or Ann Elk discussed this about a month ago (I think Sparklehorse).  Sounds like a friend network that is potentially (like all other internet groups) a dating site.  We need an update as to whether any fbers have joined.
 
 |  A friend of mine is on Friendster.  It works on a six degrees of separation idea.  You all have groups of friends and you can introduce other people to your friends, and people in your circle who don't know each other can say they want to meet each other based on profiles.  It operates on the basis that if your friends know who someone is, he/she won't be a total psycho.  It's like how it used to work, with matchmaking taking place at weddings and dinner parties, parties etc - Friendster is supposed to replicate that.  Apparently it is "addictive" (although I'm not sure how).
 
Edited to note that like basketball, the telephone and Superman, it was created by a Canadian. |