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Attack of the Smartasses

This article tells the story of "Fakesters," fictitious profiles that made the the first big social-networking friend site, "Friendster," quite entertaining. In 2003, Friendster began cracking down on "Fakesters." Soon after, a little known site called Myspace stole its thunder. In 2006, Myspace added captchas in order to reduce band spam. Shortly after, a little known site called Facebook stole its thunder. In recent weeks, Facebook has added captchas for posting, and it has begun to disallow the creation of fictitious profiles. See a pattern? (via America's Best Blogger).

Internet Addiction?

Habitual Gamers and Internet Users now have their own 12-step treatment center. reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Center offers treatment to achieve sobriety from gaming and internet addiction. Is this legit? Or is the Psychology Business expanding the definition of addiction way too far? (via America's Best Blogger)