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It's So "Random" and "Spreading Like Wildfire"
If you have a Facebook account, then you already know about the latest social networking craze - “25 Random Things About Me.” The chain-letter style list has annoyed some (The Washington Post and Time) and has been defended by others (The Huffington Post). Slate is trying to track down the origins (no one, including Facebook, knows how it got started). And California Attorney General Jerry Brown's list (yes, he's on Facebook) reveals the following: “I was a cheerleader at St. Ignatius High School.”
As you can imagine, since each list requires the writer to tag 25 people who then make lists and tag 25 other people, the “random” list is “spreading like wildfire.” And it all coincides rather neatly with Facebook's five-year anniversary. Hmmmm …