Newsweek Confirms MySpace CoFounder Lied About Age

**TimSchroeder** · 10-29-2007, 02:20 PM

Newsweek has confirmed our story that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson, who automatically becomes everyone’s first friend when they register for the site, has lied about his age. Newsweek based their confirmation on “professional license information, voter registration and utility and telephone service applications” (our story was based on a statement by a MySpace executive). When MySpace [...]

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**swiftmed** · 11-03-2007, 02:30 PM

i dont see why there was any reason for him to lie about his age. did he gain anything by lieing about his age?

**Moxxnixx** · 11-03-2007, 03:36 PM

No, Tom!!! How could you!?! I thought you were my friend!!!

I'll never believe anyone's profile ever again!!! oh, the humanity!!
</sarcasm>

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Originally Posted by swiftmed

i dont see why there was any reason for him to lie about his age. did he gain anything by lieing about his age?

It's hard to pick up 21 y/o college girls when you're 30-something.
So, of course he lied about his age.

**jamestl2** · 11-03-2007, 04:38 PM

It makes you wonder if Mark Zuckerberg, or Steve Chen, lied about their ages too, or any other Internet personalities.

**brinked** · 11-10-2007, 05:25 PM

yeah personally im kind of sick of seeing that tom character all over the place.

**hostquack** · 12-28-2007, 02:34 PM

Lol why would anyone lie about there age. I dont get that.

**SnM** · 12-29-2007, 07:14 PM

Who would know that??? I'm with the others in saying, why would you lie about your age? Seriously? It doesn't do any benefit!

**Monkey Do** · 12-30-2007, 06:30 AM

Didn't Myspace have a big push on people lying about their ages being against their T&C's? It came to my attention when they contacted a 99 year old character I had on there telling him off. I replied with some cack about age discrimination and their assumption that a 99 year old couldn't possibly use a social networking site was offensive and possibly illegal and they left him alone.

So Tom, either willfully flaunting your own rules or you've had a traumatic experience and lost 5 years, maybe from a boating accident or alien abduction? Which is it?

**wokaka** · 01-09-2008, 12:37 AM

Some people lie because they want to look younger.