Okay…I know I haven’t posted in a while and you’re probably wondering what’s going on in my life. This week is finals week, and thus, I’m almost done with the first quarter of my sophomore year. Maybe I’ll get on here some time over thanksgiving break and post more details about my life.

Anyway…the reason I got on here is to tell all you AIM users to quit spreading around stupid rumors like this one:

Dear AIM users,

Because of our overloading of our servers, we are being forced to extract our non-active AIM users. Because this is a free service, AOL has exceeded the budget for the AIM service. We are asking that you send this exact message to 20 other AIM users to ensure us that you’re an active AIM user. Our system tracking devise will pick up this message to keep you on our active list. You have 72 hours to complete this task or your service will be canceled immediately. Starting January 1st, 2005, we will be charging a small fee for registering of a screen name for AIM. Thank you for your time and for using AOL or AIM.

Sincerely,

Mark Jenkins
AOL Owner and Founder

Messages like this one pop up all the time because some bored geek thinks it would be funny to make people think they’re going to have to pay for AIM. Why they would feel compelled to so something so stupid I’m not quite sure…then again, do spammers need motivation?

Do a simple google search if you don’t believe me and want more information.