Virtual People In Viral Marketing

from the who-were-we-at-war-with-yesterday? dept

Big, evil corporations are scheming to influence your opinions with fake people. It's deeply troubling that messages posted by PR firms could get scientific papers retracted from journals like Nature. But maybe this post is just more propaganda, I mean, who is mhh5 anyway?
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    alternatives(), 14 May 2002 @ 7:05am

    So Cindi isn't real?

    Please tell me that Cindi, the horny teen who's sending me mail asking me to see her website is real.

    Because my faith in the Internet would be shattered if she's not REALLY interested in me.

    *snif*

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 14 May 2002 @ 11:29am

    No Subject Given

    Wow, this article is actually quite interesting & informative - a refreshing change from the tripe that usually is posted on this site. Thanks for a good read!

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