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Freddy Woo writes, "My school bully just friended me on Facebook!" No doubt he pokes him, and then demands his lunch money.

Personally, last month a scantily clad young woman confused me with her fiance, with whom I share a first and last name. I'm still not sure she's noticed, but she's going to be mortified when she does.

What's the biggest mistake you've made using a social networking site?

(, Thu 11 Sep 2008, 14:06)
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nice story


A few years back, I was on Myspace. Now, as you all know Myspace is just a website where people just add you as a friend no matter what. People / Bands just add you for no apparent reason. I got the feeling, it was actually done via an application of some sort (one of the reasons I joined facebook) any way I digress.

One day I got an friend invite request, as usual I check out their profile, and I was surprised – it was a girl and she was quite pretty, and the Myspace page was quite ‘normal’. Lets call her Michelle (for that’s her name). Anyway, I accepted the friend request, and as a test to make sure she was ‘a real friend’ struck up a conversation with her. Over a few mails we discussed background. This went on for a few weeks. Followed by flirting, and more flirting. It was great. I looked forward to checking my email each night.

We never exchanged phone numbers, as it felt more natural on Myspace (as that’s where we met).

It turned out she was quite clever, she already had been a high level Techy in numerous Call centres and back office companys. Working on the internal comms infrastructure etc. She said she ‘been there done it all’ and wanted a new career. As there was a housing boom on at the time, she decided to set up her own building company, I doubted her at first. She sent me some sketches of her first building designs, they were very distinct in their style/design, but she was adamant they looked good; she defended her design choice saying it was her style or ‘Michelles style’ as she always put it (she like to use 2nd person description). She also mentioned she was going to incorporate her IT skills within each house, giving each house a modern feel.

However after a few months we started to drift apart as the excitement died down, less emails were sent. I reckoned it was down to her business. She must have been so busy.

Then one day (about Jan 07) I received an email out the blue.

She had setup her company, built the houses and setup a website for me to see what she done:

Want to see what they looked like??

edit:*punnage alert*
(, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:07, 2 replies)
you can see it here:
www.so_shell_network_king_gafs.co.uk

Im soo sorry – that was very tedious…
(, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:08, closed)
Bit early
and it was third person.

But I like you for the partridgeness of your name.
(, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:21, closed)

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