PonziPirillo

Me too. Right now it's "Life for Rent" from Dido. - Carlos Granier-Phelps

I don't do this very often at all, but a few months ago I did this with "Pork and Beans" by Weezer while I was at work, and it helped me get through that day (when I was super annoyed with my cubemate). :) - Cheryl Jones

me three! - Melissa

OMG, I'm not the only one? Current fav. "Rooms on fire" Stevie Nicks - PonziPirillo

White Man in Hammersmith Palais is the most perfect song in all of Rock and Roll. And yes it's impossile for me to listen to it just once. - tehKenny

I'm doing this right now in my car. Van Hunt's Down Here In Hell. - Monique

That's a lot of followers! Wow. - Robert Scoble

Congratulations Michael Arrington, you earned it - Ahmed Ramy Zaky via twhirl

WOW, that some major following...cool! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

Mike - that's bigger than the distribution of many main stream publications - more impressive if TC's readership will keep growing. Trad'l pubs will keep dying. - Aaron Strout via twhirl

Congratulations Mike, Heather and the entire TechCrunch team. - Austin Hill

And the best part is Michael's screen shot shows 1,024 not 1,000. That's geek knowledge. - Louis Gray

lol, talk about octets - Anthony Farrior

Wow! I hadn't noticed before. Fantastic achievement for you and the team. Warm congrats. - Keith Teare via feedalizr

Congrats! Quite an achievement. - Bret Taylor

1 million / 6.721 billion. Not bad Michael! : ) - Erhan Erdogan

I'm proud to be one in a million. - Mike Boudreaux via fftogo

that's great :-) congrats! - Aswin Anand via twhirl

Or maybe that's just how many clicks it takes to get to read a damn article. (RSS it ain't - unless it stands for Reeling-in Suckers to the Site) - Christopher Galtenberg

congrats! - Jeff Douglass

@Erhan About 1.5 billion using Web? - Igor Poltavskiy

Congrats! Thats really something to be proud of! :) - PonziPirillo

Congrats, Mike! - Mario Sundar

You can't just do an "I forgot my password, please email it to me"? - Andru Edwards

No, Andru, if only it was that easy. They are making it impossible to get through. - PonziPirillo

Did anybody sign up for Hi5 on purpose? I thought it was just spam on par with Plaxo - Pat Hawks

I will occasionally get messages saying that someone added me on Hi5. I don't even remember signing up for it. There are sites that have 1 Million+ users, and they still don't "make it". Fubar.com for one. I think that part of the issue is early adoption. Be new, be different or die trying. - Bradley McSpinn

Hi5 is big down in Mexico (or is it Brazil? Somewhere down there, please ignore my ignorance) but not in the US or Canada... - Chris Thomson

I thought Hi5 was just spam, too. I think they came out at the wrong time. I remember being confused as to where I was getting all these invites from. All the sites looked the same. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Because Hi5 is the watered down cheap beer to MySpace's top shelf liquor. - Outsanity

Myspace is top shelf liquor. Yup. That must be it. - Pat Hawks

@Pat - So I wasn't the only one who groaned... - Bradley McSpinn

Because Hi5 is spam. - Andru Edwards

@Andru, that's hitting the nail on the head. I don't even think there's that many real people who joined. They may have more spammers than MySpace. - Outsanity

None of my friends or anyone else I know ever joined Hi5. - Steve Lynch via Alert Thingy

Orkut FTW? - Pat Hawks

I just looked at Orkut... Do people really use that site? - Outsanity

no - Pat Hawks

Orkut is an interesting idea, but not very good in reality. Another paper versus screen epidemic. - Bradley McSpinn

Believe it or not, Orkut is one of Google's highest traffic sources. Seriously. - Andru Edwards

because Facebook is boring. - Thomas Hawk

Yup, Andru, just not for US users. A lot of these social networks end up taking off in one country or another. In some cases, it may be intentional, but I think often, it is largely an accident. I don't know if Bebo sent out to conquer the UK. I'm pretty sure Orkut didn't set out to conquer Brasil, or that Fotolog set out to see all its growth in South America. - Erik S

Facebook... now there's Spam Capitol USA - Outsanity

Orkut is huge in Brazil and India. Almost all of my real life friends are on it. And Google has been improving it bit by bit. Nobody here uses Myspace and facebook is just getting popular. - Rahul Das

You know... I never see Google promote Orkut like they do... everything else - Outsanity

What makes it spam (hi5)? I hate to say it but most of those sites, Hi5, MySpace, Facebook all sort of look the same to me. Also, at one time everyone hated Plaxo. I remember getting really nasty emails about my inviting people. Now it's the new darling. - PonziPirillo

People like Plaxo now because 1) They STOPPED being spam and 2) Created an automated way to sync contacts across multiple platforms. Once I get MobileMe though, goodbye Plaxo ;) - Andru Edwards

A friend of mine sent me an invite a couple years ago so I signed up. I haven't touched it since. - David Cook

I tried to sign up for Plaxo. It's not for me. What makes it spam is the fact you get spammed on there. but, no matter where you go, spammers will follow. I saw some blog post on here about how it might not be long before spammers figure out how to do it on here. - Outsanity

In Portugal Hi5 is the major social network, almost all teenage school kids have profiles there. - Mário Pires

Yeah, I think Hi5 had a small success in the UK for a short time. Then everyone drifted to either Bebo or MySpace. - Jamie Clark

shot in the dark with this but, i'm guessing you eat it. call me crazy... - Outsanity

Actually my father in-law who lives near Puerto Vallarta Mexico swears by Yaca if anyone is truly interested. http://banderasnews.com/0501/h... - Mark Krynsky

I've heard "maca" has similar effect. You can buy the powder at any health food store. - Lisa Lee via fftogo

maca and yaca? and watermelon? - edythe

At least the story isn't about bananas. :) - Morton Fox

:-) - Mitchell Tsai

So the little blue pill is being replaced by the big green melon? - Tim via Alert Thingy

I don't think I've ever had an erection for more than four hours from watermelon... 8-/ - Steven Buehler via twhirl

Walnuts are supposed to be good too. - mentaleffluvia

maybe that's why it's the national fruit in China, and served with every meal? - clarke thomas

Gives new meaning to the phrase "nice mellons" - Ralph Whitbeck

"The little blue pill is being replaced by the big green melon" that made me spew tea across my desk! ROFLMAO - PonziPirillo

It is cheating: With advanced technology, having sex with a robot hooker is too much like really cheating. For all intents and purposes, you're having sex with another woman. Plus, what if you want to buy your own robot hooker and keep her in the closet at home? It's a thin line between robot hooker and robot girlfriend. - Russellreno

Is having sex with a robot gigolo cheating? - SciFi Ranter Girl

good question. probably not. - Josue Salazar

No different than a dildo, unless the robot is sentient. - mentaleffluvia

:-) - Mitchell Tsai

no. - Duncan Riley

Reminds me of the anime Chobits. - Oliver Ortega Chua

We don't have a lot of robot hookers in our town. You city people amaze me. - Chris Baskind

I see a movie developing here... - Justin Korn

It is cheating, not because of the realism of the robot, but because of your intentions. - Morton Fox

Morton, what intentions? Is masturbation cheating? - mentaleffluvia

um... do men not care WHAT they have sex with? If the sex is BECAUSE it is a robot hooker then that is a kink yeah? I say no, not cheating, inanimate objects should not be an emotional threat. - Allison

Chris B - Check with your mechanic. You'll be surprised. - Russellreno

Until you can leave your SO to have a emotional relationship with said robot, no. - Dana Franks via twhirl

depends on how long it lasts. I'd like to see that one CHEATERS! - Eric Truman

Only if you get caught. - Jonathon

I think the robot would have to pass the Turing Sex Test before it could be considered cheating. To pass the Turing Sex Test a reasonable person wouldn't be able to tell if they were having sex with a machine or with a human. Of course, what if, at some point robots surpass humans in satisfying sexual desires? - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy

I'm still having trouble with the idea that it has almost zero relation to the source property, outside of the title. In order to have a chance at enjoying it, I'm gonna need to retitle it in my head... something like "That Angelina Jolie Scoopy Sports Car Thing". - Roger Benningfield

I have to say the best part was Angelina Jolie... :) - PonziPirillo

Yes, and I'm certain that one particular scene made her $5m alone. - l0ckergn0me