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    Image of Julia Allison Julia Allison
    11/10/09

    In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President

    Sean Parker would never make such a provincial sartorial decision. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Julia Allison Julia Allison
    11/10/09

    PS. SP is also exceedingly sweet. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    11/10/09

    @Julia Allison: Wait so, help me understand. Who's sweeter: Andrew Ross Sorkin ("super sweet") or this dude ("exceedingly sweet")? And who makes for a better namedrop? I guess it probably depends on which coast you're on at the time, huh. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Double Banger Double Banger
    11/09/09

    In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
    According the script, Sean Parker was also "the guy" who founded Napster.

    Shawn Fanning, lost to history. Pour one out. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of mattchew03 mattchew03
    11/09/09

    In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
    I figured that the picture on the left was a JT candid, the one on the right was Parker (which it is), and that I'd see JT-as-Parker after I clicked on the post. Are they seriously just having him grow his hair out a bit and letting that be enough to supposedly look like Parker? This should be interesting. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    11/09/09

    In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
    Well, at least someone finally figured out a way to monetize Facebook. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Aatom Aatom
    11/09/09

    @Clarence Rosario: Twitter better start casting calls soon. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/10/09

    @Clarence Rosario: Hah! FTW! #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/09/09

    In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
    Wait, are you guys sure this is a shot of him in costume? It looks like he just stepped out of his house to buy some groceries. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    11/09/09

    @El_Gato: Shut up, he's ACTING! #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/10/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Haha. Oh sorry, you're right. Perhaps this performance will rival his cinematic tour de force in The Love Guru. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of Tawnie is saving no daylight Tawnie is saving no daylight
    11/10/09

    @El_Gato: This will be better than The Love Guru especially when you see what the towel and baby oil are for. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/10/09

    @Tawnie is saving no daylight: Hah!! Well said. #thesocialnetwork
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    Image of ngonzogo ngonzogo
    11/04/09

    In reply to First Shots from the Facebook Movie
    ...because "The Bill Gates Story" was too racy. #facebook
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    Image of manchops manchops
    11/04/09

    In reply to First Shots from the Facebook Movie
    Wow, this whole internet "thang" sure makes for one hell of a sexy movie! #facebook
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    Well, this is how all technologically advanced things monetize; they wait for the morans to clue in (thanks Oprah and Aplusk!) and then the scammers target them. #facebook
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    It's interesting to me that most of the people commenting here seem to feel that it's more shameful to be naive than to be someone who exploits others' naivete, in that I see multiple comments aimed at "gullible idiots" and none aimed at "sleazy bastards". I don't play any of the FB games because they're a timesink, and I'm old and suspicious anyway, but I don't expect teenagers, for example, to have my hard-won paranoia, and I think the shame should be for the people who take advantage of them. It's the dishonest people who are doing harm, not the trusting ones. #facebook
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    Image of simplicissimus simplicissimus
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    Echoing a comment on the TC article, and from my own experience, clicking yr naive way thru the entire IQ Test game, and then getting stuck with a $15 mobile subscription, does indeed give you some useful test results.

    As in "Congratulations! Your IQ equivalent is: Gullible Moron!" #facebook
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    Are your readers not smart enough to figure out that statements like "Complete This Quiz And Win A FREE Plasma TV!!!" aren't on-the-level? #facebook
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    Image of ConAir34 ConAir34
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    After I read this I had to call my wife to make sure she wasn't doing any of these things.

    I personally recognize a scam pretty fast but she is still learning. #facebook
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    Image of TedCopacabana TedCopacabana
    11/02/09

    @ConAir34: OMG I had to do the same thing. Women just aren't that bright and they're flat out bad drivers. Right? Am I right? #facebook
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    11/02/09

    @TedCopacabana: I find it ironic that in trying to point out his "sexism," you showed the world yours.

    Because 1 woman = all women, right? #facebook
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    Image of TedCopacabana TedCopacabana
    11/02/09

    @Paul_Is_Drunk: Somebody forgot to take their sarcasm awareness pill today. #facebook
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/02/09

    @TedCopacabana: It helps when you're actually funny, and not just trying way too hard. #facebook
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    Image of ConAir34 ConAir34
    11/03/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Exactly. #facebook
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    So what you are saying is that Farmville is built on a toxic waste dump. #facebook
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    Image of Gonkette Gonkette
    11/04/09

    @Mo MoDo: My cabbages! #facebook
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    Image of hoffman.kate hoffman.kate
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    Having never, ever been stupid enough to fall for any kind of a scam, let me remind the world of one important thing: You can't get something for NOTHING. When someone or some website or some email is telling you that you can get XYZ (item with monetary value) by doing ABC (action that will supposedly not cost you anything), it should send up a red flag.

    Maybe everyone would be making more money if they were doing productive things instead of spending hours playing Farmville and answering quizzes. Jesus H. Christ on a motherfucking crutch.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/03/09

    @hoffman.kate: Offering an opportunity to enter a lottery in return for a minor purchase, or even just giving address information, is a time-honored marketing ploy. It's what the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes are based on, and as they keep stressing, people actually win those prizes; meanwhile, Publishers Clearinghouse markets the mailing lists it gathers from the entries.

    There's really nothing necessarily stupid about being gulled by many of those ploys. They could easily assume that they're being offered a chance to win something in return for doing something that looks easy and free, at the cost of putting their spam filter to good use.

    Also, fingerwagging about others' unproductive and non-remunerative timewasting in a Gawker comment is kind of funny.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    11/02/09

    In reply to The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
    Well now I'll definitely be sure to quit playing Evony, just as soon as I see some fucking tits somewhere. #facebook
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