Is Twitter Doomed?

Gawd I hope so. Several new scams have afflicted the latest time-waster to ensnare the increasing pointless YOT (Youth of Today). Basically you sign on to a bogus site, your twitter ID and password are stolen, and spam twitter messages are sent out to your friends in your name. I suppose the question is, are the spam messages any more lame than something you would send legitimately?

I Didn't THINK I Was That Popular In High School

When Classmates.com told user Anthony Michaels last Christmas Eve that his former school chums were trying to contact him, he pulled out his wallet and upgraded to the premium membership that would let him contact long-lost fifth-grade dodge-ball buddies and see if his secret crush from high school had looked him up online.

But once he'd parted with the $15, Michaels learned the shocking truth: No one he knew was trying to contact him at all. Classmates.com's come-on was a lie, and he'd been scammed.

I signed up for their basic service ages ago, and every week I get a similar message. I've never bothered forking out the extra $15 to find out who it was from because, well, there are very few people from that time in my life that I want to run into again.

But this makes it official: that girl who wouldn't dance with me at the prom ISN'T trying to apologize and ask me to take her back. Good to know.