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The Power of Facebook: Kates Party
It started as a harmless event for kates birthday party. A get together for friends. Now over 60,000 people are attending and over 170,000 awaiting confirmation.
The event was original publicist by David Thorne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thorne_%28writer%29) on his twitter stream. Who is a writer an humorist/troller. He is currently living in South Australia.
Heres the link for the "party" on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=115542871807009&ref=ss
And its even got its own wikipeadia page!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%27s_Birthday_Party
Its now gone viral and it doesn't look like stopping anytime soon. Every minute over 500 people confirm their attendance. Fringe groups have also popped up with silly names. Join in!
- jcapote 16y agoThis made my morning.
- swolchok 16y ago"This event is no longer available because it has been cancelled." Wikipedia entry is also gone.
- congl 16y agoParty of the Year
- Nidis 16y agoIt was on the 22nd of May in Adelaide. Anyone know the address still?
- KAmy 16y agoits may 1st, 8:00pm - 2:00am 20 north st
- josh909 16y agoDavid Thorne already has the official Kate's Birthday t-shirt available for sale in the 27bslash6 store (hhttp://www.cafepress.com.au/27bslash6.435728028 http://www.cafepress.com.au/27bslash6.435728028)
- sickcycle 16y agothere are soo many funny groups. look at these http://fancythought.blogspot.com/2010/04/kates-party.html http://fancythought.blogspot.com/2010/04/kates-party.html
- facebook_chik 16y agoHAhahaha i was on facebok thismorning and i had 32 different groups to add all about Kate's party!! =) and yes the wiki page is still there