THE FOUNDER of MySpace, has been outed by
Newsweek for lying on his profile.
If you believe Anderson's profile he is just 32. However according to Newsweek he is about to turn 37 this week.
Apparently, when Anderson wrote his profile he wanted to be seen as a 27 year-old whiz-kid rather than a 32 year old dinosaur.
Newsweek went to great efforts to obtain its 'scoop'. It got his driving licence information, voter registration and telephone service applications which show his birthday as being November 8, 1970. We are surprised they didn't get his star chart done while they were at it.
Most of us think that 32 is a damn fine age to be a millionaire and only the likes of Alexander the Great or Sabu had done much by that time of their lives. But
Newsweek does not think so.
The reason is that over the pond, age and name faking is seen as a problem. Critics claim that the lack of age verification enables sexual predators to masquerade as teenagers and befriend real teens using the site.
Anderson automatically appears as an online friend when you join MySpace.
Newsweek seems to think that if your first MySpace experience is with a faker it sets the scene for your rest of your time on the place.
Newsweek did not seem to realise that whatever age he said he was, Anderson was never going to be their friend. Most people using MySpace had already worked that out.
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