{"id":1114,"date":"2008-10-23T23:57:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T04:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2008-10-23T23:57:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T04:57:19","slug":"friendster-as-an-act-of-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/23\/friendster-as-an-act-of-revenge","title":{"rendered":"Friendster as an act of revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recently jilted man, aged 27, decided to post information about his ex-girlfriend on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendster.com\/\">Friendster<\/a>. The Star <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/news\/story.asp?file=\/2008\/10\/24\/nation\/2359428&#038;sec=nation\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn March he started his antics again, which she tolerated, until she started getting disturbing calls from men who had read the \u201cinvitation\u201d for a life partner over the Friendster account, which had been created unbeknownst to her.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Get this. In recent times, there were 19 such cases, with 90% of the victims being women!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just some irony in this (besides it being creepy &#8211; men, don&#8217;t be creepy!). Today it is your number posted on Friendster. Yesterday, it was plastering your number in some random toilet, with a sexy message. 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