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The Power of Facebook: Kates Party
7 points by lewi 1686 days ago | comments
It started as a harmless event for kates birthday party. A get together for friends. Now over 60,000 people are attending and over 170,000 awaiting confirmation.

The event was original publicist by David Thorne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thorne_%28writer%29) on his twitter stream. Who is a writer an humorist/troller. He is currently living in South Australia.

Heres the link for the "party" on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=115542871807009&ref=ss

And its even got its own wikipeadia page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%27s_Birthday_Party

Its now gone viral and it doesn't look like stopping anytime soon. Every minute over 500 people confirm their attendance. Fringe groups have also popped up with silly names. Join in!



josh909 1686 days ago | link

David Thorne already has the official Kate's Birthday t-shirt available for sale in the 27bslash6 store (hhttp://www.cafepress.com.au/27bslash6.435728028)

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facebook_chik 1683 days ago | link

HAhahaha i was on facebok thismorning and i had 32 different groups to add all about Kate's party!! =) and yes the wiki page is still there

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swolchok 1686 days ago | link

"This event is no longer available because it has been cancelled." Wikipedia entry is also gone.

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Nidis 1686 days ago | link

It was on the 22nd of May in Adelaide. Anyone know the address still?

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KAmy 1684 days ago | link

its may 1st, 8:00pm - 2:00am 20 north st

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jcapote 1686 days ago | link

This made my morning.

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sickcycle 1685 days ago | link

there are soo many funny groups. look at these http://fancythought.blogspot.com/2010/04/kates-party.html

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congl 1686 days ago | link

Party of the Year

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