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Myspace Tom lying about his age?
http://www.switched.com/2007/10/23/is-myspaces-tom-lying-about-his-age/?ncid=NWS00010000000001
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Posted 10/23/07 6:22 PM  |
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Message edited 11/13/2011 1:55:06 PM.
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:24 PM |
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Jax430
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
I'm more surprised that someone is writing a book that includes this!
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:26 PM |
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by imthekevinofcindyandkevin
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Is MySpace's "Tom" Lying About His Age?
Posted Oct 23rd 2007 3:27PM by Tim Stevens
Filed under: Computers, MySpace
Despite efforts to replace him, MySpace's Tom is still the most popular and most default friend on the ridiculously popular social networking site. Tom is, of course, Tom Anderson, the creator of the site, whose profile lists him as 32 years old. However, in what may be the most glaring example of why you shouldn't trust a thing you see on MySpace, (or online in general), reports are surfacing that Tom may be as old as 40.
His Wikipedia page echoes the 32 age, stating his birthday as October 13, 1975, and his undergraduate date from U.C. Berkeley of 1998 seems to jive with that. But apparently Julia Angwin, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, is working on a book that uncovers, among many other juicy items, Anderson's real age to be 40.
We can't wait to read that book, but in the meantime, we were able to get some confirmation on Anderson's age discrepancy from some industrious online bloggers. It turns out that an unnamed "senior person" at MySpace confirmed to TechCrunch that Tom is really "36 or 37." Why lie, and why continue the lie for so long? (Tom's birthday on the site hasn't changed since 2003.) And, is this a big deal?
Well, lying about your age isn't exactly a felony, especially for a Californian, but it is kind of creepy, especially when you've got a bunch of kids wanting to be your friend.
What do you think? If Tom Anderson is lying about his age, is it a big deal?
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:28 PM |
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DebG
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by Jax430
I'm more surprised that someone is writing a book that includes this!
me too. Will someone actually publish this book? or worse, will people actually buy it?I don't understand why anyone gives a poo what his age is 
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:38 PM |
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by DebG
I don't understand why anyone gives a poo what his age is
Thank you. I was thinking the exact same thing. Who cares about how old he is?
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:44 PM |
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Posted by Jennie0898
Posted by DebG
I don't understand why anyone gives a poo what his age is
Thank you. I was thinking the exact same thing. Who cares about how old he is?
I think the big deal is the irony about myspace and people lying about their ages and everything else on there - even the creator of the whole thing is lying....
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:52 PM |
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june262004
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Who the fluck cares
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| Posted 10/23/07 6:52 PM |
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by june262004
Who the fluck cares
Right? 
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| Posted 10/23/07 7:01 PM |
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Phyl
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by june262004
Who the fluck cares
Right?
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| Posted 10/23/07 7:59 PM |
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islandersgirl74
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by june262004
Who the fluck cares
i agree..is there anyone that really cares and if so WHY?????
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| Posted 10/23/07 8:09 PM |
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alnem
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by june262004
Who the fluck cares
i dont care if he was 4, 14, or 40!
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| Posted 10/24/07 2:23 PM |
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
While in reality I could not care less, I think it's actually important in other ways.
He is actually misleading the whole "myspace" community. While 32 may sound "attractive" to younger women/teenagers.. 40 is not. That's what creeps me out! Especially since we know that a lot of young girls are targeted on myspace.
Message edited 10/24/2007 4:36:28 PM.
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| Posted 10/24/07 4:36 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by Jennie0898
Posted by DebG
I don't understand why anyone gives a poo what his age is
Thank you. I was thinking the exact same thing. Who cares about how old he is?
I think the big deal is the irony about myspace and people lying about their ages and everything else on there - even the creator of the whole thing is lying....
I get what you're saying and I see the irony. I guess what I really meant to say is who cares if he's lying? KWIM?
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| Posted 10/24/07 4:40 PM |
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MelToddJulia
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Re: Myspace Tom lying about his age?
Whocares! lol
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| Posted 10/24/07 4:46 PM |
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