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Speaking of perusing Facebook, I don't know if any of you have come across this before, but there is an entire fake community created by Harvey Mudd kids of people from Guttlesohn Falls, Wisconsin. It's difficult to describe, but all the pictures are like old daguerrotypes from the 1800s and they've got ridiculous names like Thatcher Worthington Guttlesohn. They've created groups like the Guttlesohn Falls Rotary and the Guttlesohn Falls Hunting Club. It's an entire false reality that they've been able to realize through the virtual social networking tool that is Facebook. I definitely recommend that everyone go check this out, because they have been so diligent and thorough about it. I've thought about joining their community, since there are dozens of them, but for some reason it feels really wrong to try that. It seems like a well-defined space, but I know that anytime I want to I could join it and no one would know/be able to stop me. It's a really cool idea, and if any of you are involved, mad props to you.

Also, does anyone know what happened to the Pulse feature on Facebook? I can't find it anywhere.

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wow, that's pretty interesting... i wonder what inspired them to do that. it's kind of funny, since facebook groups aren't particularly exciting. no real interactivity, not too much potential for interaction beyond leaving comments and giving people officer positions. it doesn't seem like the best place to establish a "virtual world," to say the least. plus, imagine all the work that went into making all those fake identities and fake organizations... geez, man. mudders are intense.

what was the "pulse" feature on facebook? never heard of it...

yeah, wow... that's really

yeah, wow... that's really crazy. And you look into the profiles and it's like a real town and they are all married and stuff. interesting.