Google twins and Googlegängers

Sadly, none of the six people I poked on Facebook for sharing my name (including same middle initial) responded or poked back. But this NYTimes article, Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet, gives me some hope yet:

In “Finding Angela Shelton,” a book published this month, a writer named Angela Shelton describes her meetings with 40 other Angela Sheltons. Keri Smith, an illustrator, has posted drawings of six of her Googlegängers on her blog. There are name-tally Web sites like SameNameAsMe, and Facebook coalitions including nearly 200 people named Ritz (their insignia is a cracker box logo) and a group aiming to break a world record by gathering together more than 1,224 Mohammed Hassans.

The beginning of the article talks about this happening. The end goes into some of the psychology behind it, which we talked a bit about in class.

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follow-up 4/17/08

Someone poked back!