Facebook fends off attack of the clones

July 28th, 2008 By PAUL SONNE , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking Web site - some of which resemble Facebook right down to color, font and layout - have popped up in local languages around the world. These competitor sites offer identical core services, letting users post pictures, make groups and choose their friends.

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  Facebook? Who uses Facebook. I though MySpace was the only game in town??
  
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  Facebook? Who uses Facebook. I though MySpace was the only game in town??
  
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  Only if you want to be bombed with messages from myspace hoes...
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