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Who are these people? That's the problem I've long had with sites like Twitter and eBay, which offer anonymous user names and little else to go by. And that's been the charm of Facebook, which aims to tie online identities with real ones by asking for work and school information, which is harder to fudge than a screen name. Had eBay and Twitter announce a partnership to share data with Facebook, I'd be impressed. Instead, they, as well as Yahoo, have partnered with MySpace instead to share profile data. Buffoonish technopundits are hailing this as an "advance in data portability." But what does it really mean? Now, in addition to a login like "awesomeguy1980," I'll get to see drunken party snapshots of someone before I reject their Twitter follower request.
MySpace to eBay, Twitter, and Yahoo: Thanks for the add!
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1:20 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Owen Thomas
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i have 3 fake facebook accounts and you're a friend on one of them Owen :)
You're saying you don't know anyone who put in fake friend details, fake jobs, or fake names?
Facebook doesn't require a .edu address anymore, anyone can join and be whoever they want.
Anyway you look at it...
FadBook = MySpace
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