FACEBOOK - Social networking site through which subscribers can keep tabs on the activities of acquaintances whose actual presence would cause them to feign serious illness or run into traffic. Friends of Caroline Haan were alarmed by the regularity with which she continued to apprise them of her moods and interests for months after her death. Her refusal to conform to Facebook's unyielding stance on posthumous postings caused site administrators to cancel her account. Undeterred, she continues to circulate under a variety of pseudonyms, all linked by the same untraceable IP address. She also maintains a presence on both Bebo and MySpace where her Blake's Seven fan page enjoys an appreciative audience. An urban myth has evolved that anyone 'befriended' by Caroline will die within a month but the, admittedly high, mortality rate of her subscribers might be attributed to any number of factors. (See also The Haunted Internet.)

 

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