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July 23, 2005social networks and drug networksRule #1 for studying social culture: pay attention to the sex and drugs. When it was reported that Orkut is being used as a drug networking tool in Brazil, my immediate response was duh. I have interviewed subjects who distributed cocaine in Baltimore via Friendster. (To my knowledge, they were never caught which makes it different than the situation with Orkut.) Other subjects have told me ways to find drugs on Tribe.net and MySpace. Obviously, i am not willing to disclose how or who. But this is definitely not unique to Orkut nor to social networking in general. For example, in college, people used to buy drugs on eBay. Give people the ability to distribute information and they will distribute drugs. Tis just as obvious as if you give people access to attractive people, they will date. So, i find it very entertaining that people get up in arms about this. Category: yasns
Posted by zephoria at July 23, 2005 11:01 AM
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i got a kick out of a comment from one of the /.-ers on this:
"In other news, a new device called a 'cellphone' was recently used in the bust of three columbian druglords. Apparently they were using the address book feature to store phone numbers of other drug lords and were using the 'voice' features to network and make deals. How does one go about 'wiretapping' and busting such a multi-lingual and diverse group of folk who use 'cellphones?'"
Posted by barb dybwad | July 23, 2005 4:45 PM
Posted on July 23, 2005 16:45
my buddy in LA found his weed dealer on craigslist. the dude just straight-up advertised his wares. hmm...
Posted by non ito | July 26, 2005 3:00 AM
Posted on July 26, 2005 03:00
OutInColumbus supposidly contributed to higher STD rates... Promiscuity of gay men on that site would make Don Juan blush! Outright drug talk was moderated, but people would say 420 this or KB that, etc...
In a social network, people tend to reveal themselves anyway such as "My favorite movie is Half Baked, I listen to Phish" etc...
Posted by th0m | July 29, 2005 6:17 AM
Posted on July 29, 2005 06:17