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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by babul on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @09:37AM (#227462)
Not a marketing ploy.

My (old) firm used to represent the founder behind faceparty (Lance). He really is like that in person and would certainly shut the site to spite the users.

Good to see it has had a positive effect though!

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by ConradHex on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @08:23AM (#227418)
From the headline I was thinking, "there goes techcrunch being sensationalist again".

But no, they're pretty much dead on here.

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by raganwald on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @09:59AM (#227480)
Good for them.

Running a social network is like running a bar (or pub in this case). If the owners get fed up and are willing to live with the consequences, why not lock the doors and go to the zoo for the day?

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by axod on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @10:14AM (#227493)
Looks like their traffic has been in decline a bit though. But as they say, it's not like they are paying customers.

Some users can get pretty abusive after a while.

I'm not sure why they didn't just direct the troublemakers to this page, and let others access the site though.

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by lolb on Thursday June 26, 2008 @12:58PM (#228800)
Dunno, throwing a hissy and saying "FUCK THA [CUSTOMERS WHO DISAGREE WITH OUR POLICIES]" like they did makes them seem like babies who couldn't be trusted with a toy ball, let alone a social networking service.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by steveplace on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @01:13PM (#227701)
C'mon guys, it's a time tested business strategy.

Anyone remember Cartmanland?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartmanland

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by wheels on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @09:42AM (#227465)
Am I the only one that wanted to sign up after reading the message? ;-)
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by nadim on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @11:07AM (#227548)
For their sake, hopefully you (and others) do.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=faceparty.com

It might reverse the trend (pun intended).

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by kirubakaran on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @02:13PM (#227764)
> pun intended

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns

;)

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by PieSquared on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @05:30PM (#227972)
No, actually, the phrases "pun intended" and "no pun intended" don't mean anything of the sort. Stop whining, they're just a friendly gesture. ;)
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by kirubakaran on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @06:08PM (#227998)
> Stop whining

You are telling maddox, not me, right?

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by PieSquared on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @09:35PM (#228139)
Maddox being the author of the link, I suppose that yes, I was. Sorry if that sounded too aggressive -I just don't think that the link really added anything or was appropriate to the parent.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by tlrobinson on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @10:48AM (#227527)
This is the most entertainment I've gotten from a social network in a long time.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by swombat on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @12:21PM (#227642)
Am I the only one who can't stand that horrible spelling? "TO THA HATERZ" indeed.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by misuba on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @12:43PM (#227668)
Somehow, fake gangsta-isms are even more irritating coming from Brits.

I know, I didn't think that was possible either.

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by danw on Thursday June 26, 2008 @08:28AM (#228500)
It just goes along with the style of faceparty's copy.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by astine on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @02:35PM (#227785)
Wow, but then again, I'd be pissed too. People's attitudes about what they are 'owed' can be offensive sometimes and the Internet just seems to bring out the worst jerks. Maybe if Faceparty shuts down for good, people will learn to not expect things for free? Hopefully, but I doubt it.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by babul on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @10:35AM (#227516)
A rare case of reverse psychology actually working on the net? (...especially for a "social" media site).

Anyone know of other successful cases?

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by axod on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @11:49AM (#227592)
I think it's a bit early to tell if it's worked yet or not.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by babul on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @03:32PM (#227833)
Point taken.

All the publicity I have seen so far has been favourable i.e. not bad and will encourage people to join rather than leave.

Was wondering about other precedents?

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by xirium on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @02:20PM (#227773)
Unlike Twitter, you've got to have good uptime for this sentiment to be effective.

Tags: [Faceparty] [Twitter] [uptime] [reliability] [denied]

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by cturner on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @01:11PM (#227697)
Can we please keep the poor language (or allusions to it) off the frontpage? It used to be the sort of thing that separated hacker news from the rest.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by omouse on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @01:22PM (#227713)
Poor language? "Fucking" is even starred out!
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by xlnt on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @01:25PM (#227718)
Our goal isn't to be the most Christian social news site. That's not how we want to be separated.
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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by cturner on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @01:40PM (#227729)
> Our goal isn't to be the most Christian social news site.

"Our" goal? You.. claim to represent the hacker news community? And - I presume only - downvote me for my opinion?

I don't want it to be Christian. Just refined :) Just because it's a social setting on the internet doesn't mean it has to be trashy.

If someone goes through my comments and finds I've broken my own standard here somewhere in my history on the site then I admit my hypocracy in advance. I think I've been good though - hacker news tends to be civilised and there's a feedback loop in that.

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Re:Faceparty tells critics to F*** Off, suspends entire site by nonrecursive on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @02:20PM (#227772)
As omouse pointed out, "fuck" was starred out. Besides that, "Fuck tha Haterz" was what was plastered on the faceparty site. I actually am glad that the OP included "F*" in the headline, because it's accurately conveys the newsworthiness of the article.

Shutting down your social site with a profanity ridden rant on the front page isn't something I've read of anyone doing before, and it will be interesting to see the result (if anyone ever follows up).

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