GUARDIAN.CO.UK – June 20 – BeautifulPeople was meant to be a dating site exclusively for the use of "beautiful men and women", where members ruthlessly selected and excluded those who did not match their definitions of good looks. But last month when BeautifulPeople.com was attacked by a computer virus, some claim standards slipped and ~30K new members gained admittance. Now, in a move which has made those rejected "apoplectic" with rage, they have been unceremoniously booted off at a financial cost of ~$100,000 (£62,000) to the site's operators. The virus was quickly named Shrek. Shrek had affected the software that existing members use to rate prospective new entrants, allowing anyone to join.
by Rupert Neate
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I’d love to see any kind of proof of that $100K loss. Their PR firm denies it, but I still doubt this is anything more than a clever publicity stunt.
I’d love to see any kind of proof of that $100K loss. Their PR firm denies it, but I still doubt this is anything more than a clever publicity stunt.