Chat of the day; subject: MySpace

Apr.11, 2007 in Anti-spam, Online Media

My friend: I just got about 10 spam-like myspace friend requests from women who don’t want kids. Great.
Me: nice

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- @wheeepony are you a script that replies whenever anyone says "pony"? http://twitemperature.com/wheeepony/ in reply to wheeepony 10 hrs ago
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- @hipsmart heh. yeah. I like it! in reply to hipsmart 16 hrs ago
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- @hipsmart we added a Tweet this! link to Twitemperature per your note yesterday... in reply to hipsmart 19 hrs ago
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