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by ChrisMarshallNY 41 days ago
I’m pretty sure the same chap ran ratemypoo.com and ratemyvomit.com. Maybe also hotornot.com.

Ahh … bastions of refined taste …
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jszymborski 40 days ago
As a prank in the high school computer lab, we would set the victim's browser homepage to ratemypoo.com
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Chazprime 40 days ago
Wasn’t that Mark Zuckerberg?

/s

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ChrisMarshallNY 40 days ago
Seriously, I think hotornot was inspiration for Facebook.
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alecco 40 days ago
It's even in the movie. Zuckerberg was inspired by Hot or Not and used his friend's chess ranking algo for Facemash (comparing college girls). And that inspired him in part for making the Facebook.
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