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Meet my 5,000 new best pals
Janet Kornblum
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2006-09-19-friending_x.htm 9/19/2006 10:25 PM ETBrittnie Sarnes has 5,000 MySpace friends. Actually, make that 5,036. At last count, anyhow. About 10 people a day ask to "friend"
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And I certainly would never consider someone with a short Friends list to be "uncool" or "lame" -- they just might happen to be more selective and/or don't have as much contact with the online community than others do. And someone who has a large mutual Friends list just happens to know a lot of people.
Anyway, thanks for posting this. =)
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This reminds me of a headline article I saw on an issue of "Time Out" about how geekiness is becoming "in." I guess the idea that someone would make a fuss about it to do an article on it may just be that sign.
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As someone who works with middle school students, it's always interesting to peer into their world. Yes, even the 6th graders know that they aren't allowed to update their MySpace in the library-- because *they* bring it up when we brainstorm the computer/Internet dos and don'ts...
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