Ari Herzog

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R.I.P. Friendster

Ari Herzog

The site will go down in smoke and enter my consciousness as yet another social networking site that I was once a participant, along with SixDegrees.com , GeoCities , assorted LPMud s, and others. A vertical listing of my avatar, biographical data, friends’ comments, and links to their profiles encompassed Friendster’s simplicity.

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Does Online Anonymity Have a Price?

Ari Herzog

Considering The Atlantic Monthly recently profiled couples who met on Yelp (which allows personal information to be shared on mini profiles) and countless stories have been published about people who met on Twitter, wouldn’t match.com want to ease the transition from stranger to lover? How Avatars Changed Online. at AriWriter.

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