Here is a LinkedIn invitation I received from Elvis Ata (elvisata2001@yahoo.cn):

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I had previously stated clearly that I will not help anyone to hack MySpace, even if I did know how to. Guess how can you incite me? Here is a very interesting email I received through the contact form which does that admirably:

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My first Facebook spam:
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In MySpace on average (based on sample size of 2071208 images) 15 photos are uploaded per user. Considering only users who have at least one or more photos uploaded, they have on average uploaded a staggering 32 photos.

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I recently got two interesting comments from a scammer. The comments are very interesting because it preys on the need of people to snoop around other’s MySpace account (or life in general) to dupe them of their own account information. Let’s first look at the comments (currently in moderation and will never be approved):

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One implied restriction on commenting on this site: I will allow commenting by a minor so long it it appropriate. However I will never allow displaying their emails or any other personally identifiable information in their comments. I recently received an email from a minor (as he / she says) who wants to make friends. While I am fine with that I cannot display the email (s)he provided in the body of the comment.

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I wrote an article on a Google interview question in June, 2006 describing the problem and offering a simple solution. What makes this article interesting is that several people came up with better ideas and very thought provoking comments. If you are a puzzle enthusiast, you will surely enjoy the article; if not for the article but more importantly for the alternative solutions proposed. They excel in many cases the original solution; they also provide lots of original thoughts. If I like anything as much as simple thoughts, it is original thoughts.

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My public profiles on 9 popular social networking sites:

• LinkedIn - I have started adding my friends to this. Found some old IITians from this network. Also was able to find some old friends.
• Pownce - Just started…
• Orkut (requires free Orkut account) - Looks more like a dating network, similar to Friendster.
• Ryze - I was one of the early adopters, haven’t used lately. It has lots of details about me.
• Twitter - I frequently update it these days. Feel free to add me to your list.
• Facebook - Requires a free login.
• Hi-5 - Pretty spammy site. It dupes unsuspecting users to send hi5 requests to all addresses in their contact book. Avoid this site.
• MySpace - My MySpace love.
• Friendster

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TechnoSailor has created a funny test to determine which web celebrity you resemble most. It determined that I am mostly like Matt Mullenweg:
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Social Bookmarking is back on Simple Thoughts blog. I have added Alex King’s Share This plugin along with a modified version of Digg It plugin.

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