Bianca Broussard

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It is alleged that in December 2000 Xanga sent thousands of spam messages, under the cover of an actual username, [bianca], to boost its membership numbers.^{[#endnote_nfp1]} Xanga user notforprophet devoted many weblog entries to the subject, pointing to facts such as that Xanga membership climbed from approximately 1,595 to 1,734 in one day after the first batch of emails went out, a nine percent increase.^{[#endnote_nfp2]} Xanga shutdown Bianca's site in April 2001 for terms of service violations ^{[#endnote_nfp3]}. The spam targeted Geocities and Angelfire users, who received the following email:

Hi "[GeoCities/Angelfire Username]"

I was surfing geocities and checked out your site at [site URL]. I have a good friend with a really similar site, and I passed your url along to her. Have you ever seen a weblog? I was noticing your writing style, and I think the weblog format might really work well for you. I just started one recently, and I am actually thinking of dumping my homepage in favor of just having the weblog, since I'm enjoying it so much more than maintaining my homesite. Anyway, I really just wanted to say thanks for an interesting site!^{[#endnote_metafilter]}

References

↑ notforprophet's Weblog. 15 May 2002. Retrieved from [http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=notforprophet&tab=weblogs&uid=1695495]
↑ notforprophet's Weblog. 19 January 2006. Retrieved from [http://www.xanga.com/notforprophet/427697797/item.html]
↑ notforprophet's Weblog. 30 April 2001. Retrieved from [http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=notforprophet&tab=weblogs&uid=127415]
↑ Metafilter Community Weblog. 26 December 2000. Retrieved from [http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/4947]

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