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The '''CUCommunity-Facebook War''' was a conflict waged between active members of Columbia social network [[CUCommunity]] and an inferior [[Facebook|personal profile website]] founded by a student at [[Harvard|an inferior 'peer' school]]. The records of the 'war', such as it was, consist largely of calls to arms and action by Columbia students on CUCommunity (CUCom featured journals and comments long before Facebook had 'notes' and any sort of interactivity), which unfortunately have been lost to time, and long-forgotten reporting by the ''[[Spectator]]'' and ''Harvard Crimson''.
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The '''CUCommunity-Facebook War''' was a conflict waged in March 2004 between active members of Columbia social network [[CUCommunity]] and an inferior [[Facebook|personal profile website]] founded by a student at an [[Harvard|inferior 'peer' school]]. The records of the 'war', such as it was, consist largely of calls to arms and action by Columbia students on CUCommunity (CUCom featured journals and comments long before Facebook had 'notes', 'comments' or any sort of interactivity), which unfortunately have been lost to time, and long-forgotten reporting by the ''[[Spectator]]'' and ''Harvard Crimson''.
  
 
== Google-bombing campaign ==
 
== Google-bombing campaign ==
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The key feature the war was an attempt by [[Cody Hess]] to [[w:Google-bomb|Google-bomb]] a number of sites, including associting thefacebook.com with the search “CUcommunity ripoff”, harvard.edu with “worthless safety school”, columbiaspectator.com with “worthless rag newspaper”. Hess was interviewed by the Harvard Crimson during this episode and explained that "It’s important for people at Columbia to know that they’re better than people at other colleges." Hess's attempts met limited success and ultimately led to his own website's search-ranking being significantly dropped by Google, or as he called it "Google-murdered."
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The key feature the war was an attempt by [[Cody Hess]] to [[w:Google-bomb|Google-bomb]] a number of sites, including associating thefacebook.com with the search “CUcommunity ripoff”, harvard.edu with “worthless safety school”, columbiaspectator.com with “worthless rag newspaper”. Hess was interviewed by the Harvard Crimson during this episode and explained that "[i]t’s important for people at Columbia to know that they’re better than people at other colleges." Hess's attempts met limited success and ultimately led to his own website's search-ranking being significantly dropped by Google, or as he called it "Google-murdered."
  
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The short-lived fight with Facebook also led to a feud between CUCommunity users and the ''Spectator'', which CUCom users felt was ignoring CUCommunity, and then promoting Facebook at CUCommunity's expense.
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The short-lived fight with Facebook also led to a feud between CUCommunity users and the ''Spectator'', which CUCom users felt ignored CUCommunity, and then promoted Facebook at CUCommunity's expense.
  
 
== Timeline of events ==
 
== Timeline of events ==
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*'''January 29, 2004'''- [http://www.moodlelux.orgeye.columbiaspectator.com/2004/01/29/staff-editorial-welcome-distraction STAFF EDITORIAL: A Welcome Distraction], Columbia Spectator editorial endorsing the efforts of CUCommunity
 
*'''January 29, 2004'''- [http://www.moodlelux.orgeye.columbiaspectator.com/2004/01/29/staff-editorial-welcome-distraction STAFF EDITORIAL: A Welcome Distraction], Columbia Spectator editorial endorsing the efforts of CUCommunity
 
*'''February 25, 2004'''- [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2004/02/25/online-cu-community-draws-students-together Online CU Community Draws Students Together], Columbia Spectator article on CUCommunity
 
*'''February 25, 2004'''- [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2004/02/25/online-cu-community-draws-students-together Online CU Community Draws Students Together], Columbia Spectator article on CUCommunity
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*'''March 04, 2004'''- [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2004/03/04/new-harvard-based-facebook-adds-columbia-database Spectator News Article] announcing the arrival of thefacebook.com at Columbia
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*'''March 04, 2004'''- [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2004/03/04/new-harvard-based-facebook-adds-columbia-database "New Harvard-Based Facebook Adds Columbia To Database"], Columbia Spectator article announcing the arrival of thefacebook.com at Columbia
 
*'''March 05, 2004'''- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=6450&subdomain=adam&comment_limit=10&comment_offset=30 CUCommunity Journal] of Adam Goldberg's, founder of CUCom, on thefacebook and accusations of shoddy journalism by the Spectator
 
*'''March 05, 2004'''- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=6450&subdomain=adam&comment_limit=10&comment_offset=30 CUCommunity Journal] of Adam Goldberg's, founder of CUCom, on thefacebook and accusations of shoddy journalism by the Spectator
 
*March 05, 2004- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=6446&subdomain=rob CUCommunity Journal] of Rob Spinella, calling for google-bomb war on facebook.com
 
*March 05, 2004- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=6446&subdomain=rob CUCommunity Journal] of Rob Spinella, calling for google-bomb war on facebook.com
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*'''March 09, 2004'''- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=358092 "Columbia Rebukes thefacebook.com"], Harvard Crimson article on the google-bomb campaign
 
*'''March 09, 2004'''- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=358092 "Columbia Rebukes thefacebook.com"], Harvard Crimson article on the google-bomb campaign
 
*March 09, 2004- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=7142&subdomain=ctd CUCommunity Journal] of Cody Hess, responding to Crimson News Article
 
*March 09, 2004- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=7142&subdomain=ctd CUCommunity Journal] of Cody Hess, responding to Crimson News Article
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*'''March 11, 2004'''- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=358128 Crimson Staff Editorial] belittling any attempt to stop the facebook.
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*'''March 11, 2004'''- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=358128 "Manifest Destiny, Facebook Style"], Harvard Crimson editorial belittling any attempt to stop the facebook.
 
*March 11, 2004- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=7556&subdomain=ctd CUCommunity Journal] of Cody Hess, responding to 2nd Crimson article
 
*March 11, 2004- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=7556&subdomain=ctd CUCommunity Journal] of Cody Hess, responding to 2nd Crimson article
 
*'''March 11, 2004'''- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=7548&subdomain=rob CUCommunity Journal] of Rob Spinella, accusing the Crimson of shoddy journalism
 
*'''March 11, 2004'''- [http://www.cucommunity.com/journals.php?journal_comments=1&journal_id=7548&subdomain=rob CUCommunity Journal] of Rob Spinella, accusing the Crimson of shoddy journalism
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Latest revision as of 02:56, 6 April 2014

The CUCommunity-Facebook War was a conflict waged in March 2004 between active members of Columbia social network CUCommunity and an inferior personal profile website founded by a student at an inferior 'peer' school. The records of the 'war', such as it was, consist largely of calls to arms and action by Columbia students on CUCommunity (CUCom featured journals and comments long before Facebook had 'notes', 'comments' or any sort of interactivity), which unfortunately have been lost to time, and long-forgotten reporting by the Spectator and Harvard Crimson.

Google-bombing campaign

The key feature the war was an attempt by Cody Hess to Google-bomb a number of sites, including associating thefacebook.com with the search “CUcommunity ripoff”, harvard.edu with “worthless safety school”, columbiaspectator.com with “worthless rag newspaper”. Hess was interviewed by the Harvard Crimson during this episode and explained that "[i]t’s important for people at Columbia to know that they’re better than people at other colleges." Hess's attempts met limited success and ultimately led to his own website's search-ranking being significantly dropped by Google, or as he called it "Google-murdered."

The short-lived fight with Facebook also led to a feud between CUCommunity users and the Spectator, which CUCom users felt ignored CUCommunity, and then promoted Facebook at CUCommunity's expense.

Timeline of events

Major events in bold

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