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January 31, 2007 2:50 PM

Which celebrity or fictional character has the most fake myspace profiles?

There's a bunch of Paris Hiltons, and hundreds of Yodas. Is there any way to know for sure who is the most popular celebrity alter ego?

posted by roofus to computers & internet (13 comments total)

Even the most random "celebs" have fakers- you wouldn't believe how many fake profiles there are for the wives of the guys in Hanson.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:58 PM on January 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

The guys in Hanson are married? Now I feel old.
posted by roofus at 3:02 PM on January 31, 2007

yea. and they have gobs of kids.
posted by quadrinary at 3:06 PM on January 31, 2007

God!
posted by Kudos at 3:37 PM on January 31, 2007

o_0
posted by krisjohn at 3:41 PM on January 31, 2007

o_0 is right. But I am friends with at least six of them.
posted by Kudos at 3:43 PM on January 31, 2007

There were guys in Hanson?

Anyway, I think the only way to really know is to search by individual celeb, then compare the results.

Though I'm sure it's safe to assume that there's a direct correlation between the popularity of the celebrity and the number of fake myspace profiles.
posted by Verdandi at 3:47 PM on January 31, 2007

There are several hundred Tom Anderson parodies, as well......
posted by peewinkle at 3:59 PM on January 31, 2007

And throw in misspellings and alternate spellings.

(And what's with all three Hansons marrying women born in 1983?)
posted by acoutu at 5:35 PM on January 31, 2007

Hanson... wives?

Not only do I feel old, but my gaydar has been proven, yet again, to never ever work on guys.

But, um. Try trolling the gossip blogs -- whoever gets the most mentions probably has a lot of fake myspaces. So, I'm betting Paris Hilton.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 6:09 PM on January 31, 2007

I don't know if this applies to MySpace necessarily, but there are a LOT of "fake" profiles on LJ that are part of role-playing games.
posted by divabat at 7:00 PM on January 31, 2007

There were guys in Hanson?

<spaceghost>With beautiful girrrrl hair...</spaceghost>
posted by Robot Johnny at 7:26 PM on January 31, 2007

There are hundreds (if not over a thousand) of profiles for Peter Griffin of The Family Guy. I discovered this when searching for my ex-boyfriend, who is also named Peter Griffin.
posted by kimdog at 7:29 AM on February 1, 2007