The Tavern

We get this kind of bulletin post every now and then :

Friendster Closing Down!!!faster post… or else… from mr allen smith(manager of
friendster ) Friendstersystem is getting to crowded!! We need you to forward this to at least 20 people. I know this seems like a large number, but we need to find out who is really using their account. If you do not send this to at least 10 Friendster members, we will delete your account. WARNING! We want to find out which users are actually using their Friendster accounts. So if you are using your account,please pass this e- mail to every Friendster user that youcan. IF YOU DO NOT PASS this letter toanyone we will delete your account. Sorry for this inconvenience.Because of the sudden rush of people signing up to friendster,it has come to our attention that we are vastly running out of resources. So, within a month’s time,anyone who does not receive this BULLETIN with the exact subject heading,will be deleted off our server. Please forward this BULLETIN so that we know you are still using this account.

My doubts :

1. Mr Allen Smith of friendster is using such broken english for serious business? It will be more like it if its Mr Tan Ah Beng or Dr Tiun Ah Seng talking.

2. And why does this Mr Beng or Seng sound more like mafia? “if you DON’T…. we SHALL DELETE…”

3. To show that we’re civilized, the message should be in a more polite tone : ” please lar, please cancel your membership because we’re running out of space. if you don’t do that, we will keep on begging and bugging…, and if you aren’t moved, then we will further beg and bug, and if you do not want to withraw yourself still, then we will have to……………………. go beg someone else…”, no?

4. Is this the best way of erm, spring cleaning, if friendster ever wants to? They know when you last logged in (as appeared on anyone’s friendster page), and they still have to track the message to see to whom it reaches?

5. And friendster doesn’t like to have many members? They invite more and more people in just to replace sleeping members or what?

If :

more members = extra burden = more cost = less profit,

Can I deduce that having NO members at all will maximize their profit? Because :

0 member = 0 burden = 0 cost = Max profit.

So they make money for putting up advertisement that will not be seen?

herm…… *scratch head scratch head*

enlighten me, anyone?

If you’re one of them who re-post this sort of message once you receive it, then in the process, your brain hasn’t played its part.

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