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Published November 11, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated November 11, 2015 at 1:32 p.m.
Originally published September 17, 2003
Howard Dean is my friend...ster. We’re not exactly friends, really. I mean, we’ve only met once, and I don’t think he got my name. But when I search the Friendster database for everyone in my “personal network” within a 25-mile radius, the ubiquitous presidential candidate’s photo and personal profile appear on my computer screen.
Dean is just one of the 228 people in my personal network who live nearby. I’m connected to all of them through 12 people I’ve listed on my account as “friends.” When my real-life pals add me as their online friend, friendster.com instantly links me to them, and to all of their other friends, and to all of their friends' friends.
[Dean’s director of online organizing and outreach Zephyr] Teachout isn’t about to squelch this Friendster frenzy, bizarre as it may be. Dean’s presence on the Friendster site, she says, allows him to become “a hub” for supporters to find each other.
Teachout is excited about the possibility of social networking sites like Friendster. “It’s even better for organizing than it is for dating,” she tells me. “With dating, you find someone and you stop looking. When you’re organizing, you just keep meeting people.”
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Cathy Resmer
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Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
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