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Notice the "Sign Up" link points to ConnectU, who is currently suing Facebook? Might be a little more at work here than mere satire... At any rate, it defini
by ctkrohn 19y ago
Notice the "Sign Up" link points to ConnectU, who is currently suing Facebook? Might be a little more at work here than mere satire...
At any rate, it definitely took me a minute to realize that this was NOT real.
- nickb 19y agoHeh, I also thought that Beacon was fake too. Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction. Alex3917, had a really good post on this. He basically said that as FB becomes more and more desperate for revenue, they'll try more and more audacious ways of selling your personal info. So I don't think this parody is that far off at all. Edit: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=86427 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=86427
- ereldon 19y agoI looked into the ConnectU connection a little more. Apparently, there's nothing to it, besides the link being an additional joke: http://pranks.com/2007/12/15/facebook-takes-it-on-the-chin/ http://pranks.com/2007/12/15/facebook-takes-it-on-the-chin/