Dating Site Expels Members who Gained Weight

If you put on some extra pounds over the holidays then you are no longer welcome in the dating site BeautifulPeople.com – the dating site was often compared to a high school bully due to the fact that they underestimate and belittle the potentials of members who has gained weight.

The site expelled about 5,000 members already under these grounds. Robert Hintze, the founder of the site, said that “Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded.” Those in charge blamed the member’s overindulges and stated that they have been sending notifications via email in regards to their weight gain.

Should the expelled members lose weight and become fit again, they are always welcome to reapply for membership. According to the site, the expulsion was not done in a harsh manner. Each member was given an email that encouraged them to reapply when they are back to their old form. They also have sent details of recommended boot camps to help them get back in shape. Nevertheless, reading an email that says you are too fat to be a member of a social network can be one of the worst rejections that anyone can have. A lot of people have treated this as a public stunt while some hated the fact that the site was too prejudice.

The decisions as to whether a member has gained weight or not was made based on the photos of the members that were posted to the dating site.

Shake your iPhone to Add a Friend in Facebook

For all iPhone owners out there it is now possible for you to add someone you just met right on the spot as a Facebook friend. All you need is a single bump with the use of the Bump iPhone app.

If you are unfamiliar with this iPhone app, here’s a small refresher. Bump allows you to share contact information with people by simply bumping your iPhone once with another person’s iPhone. You have to take note that the iPhones must touch each other in order for the app to work – you can not just shake your iPhone in the air. After this Bump will then connect the iPhones together and transfer your contact information.

Now, the Bump iPhone app is being updated with the help of social media giant Facebook. All you have to do is link your Facebook account to Bump and if the person you want to swap information with does the same you can now initiate a friend request on the spot. After you have sent it, a prompt would appear on the other person’s iPhone and she or he can either accept or deny your request. It is as simple as that. This has got a lot of iPhone users talking.

Bump’s Facebook integration is considered to be the first iPhone app that is able to initiate and accept friend requests. Jake Mintz, the co-founder of Bump technologies had worked closely with Facebook to make this a possibility. He also boasted that this is just the first of many social media integrations that would be coming to Bump.

The Real Dalai Lama is now in Twitter

A lot of celebrities and well known public personalities are joining the Twitter bandwagon. Even religious leaders can not get away from the online craze. If you need proof, the Dalai Lama has joined the social media giant recently this week.

It can be recalled that there was a @Dalai Lama account before but it was proven to be faked. The said Dalai Lama account had fooled the media and this event had played a great role in Twitter’s verification of accounts especially for those who can have great influences to the public such as the Dalai Lama himself.

This time, Twitter was able to verify Dalai Lama and confirms that this is the real thing although the Dalai Lama has not posted any personal messages or tweets yet so far. If you check his account you would see that it is pulling out blog posts and albums from the official Dalai Lama website and are twitting them through the twitterfeed. But it can be assured that you would be seeing real engagement from the Dalai Lama later on.

Evan Williams, founder of Twitter, posted a message this week that he had just met the Dalai Lama in Los Angeles and had a talk with him about using Twitter. He said that the Dalai Lama used to laugh at the thought of using social media but now the Dalai Lama himself has his own official Twitter site set up by his office in India.

It is no doubt now that Twitter is now one of the best ways for you to get to know better well known personalities and get to hear their message right from the horse’s mouth.

Twitter Gets Hit with ‘LOL’ Phishing Attack

A twitter phishing attack has been going on lately and the attack aims to obtain twitter logins through direct messages. If you have received a message that says “lol is this you”, “lol is this me?” or “lol this is funny” with a link to a site called bzpharma you are advised not to click on the link and forget about curiosity.

If you happen to click on the link and entertained the details that are being asked – spammers can already take over your account. Then they can use your account to spam the same direct message to all your friends.

The widespread attack tricked Twitter users to logging into a fake Twitter page which lets users give their account details over to the spammers. The links would vary and you are advised not to click on links that has reference to bzpharma.net as well.

Luckily, your account will not be compromised if you are merely receiving this message. However, if you find that your account is sending these messages then it is advised that you change your password as soon as possible.

The phishers are using the accounts they have taken over to send out spam and have also resulted to a lot of Viagra related messages on Twitter. One example of these messages are “Get bigger and have sex longer” then leading to a link that would send you to a sexual enhancement website.

If you see that you are seeing unusual messages similar to the example above being sent from your own Twitter account this means that it has been compromised. Stop the problem by changing your twitter password immediately.