Post-it Note Reviews

Now, Netflix customers are writing their own "Nothing-official-about-it" reviews, and sending them on Post-its to the next customer (or the sorting warehouse employee, whichever comes first). Flickr, which caters to groups of all stripes, including Dead Creature Photographers and Devil Worshippers, now has its own NotesToNetFlix group. Though I haven't seen any notes in my incoming queue yet, I've decided to share the love and creating my own reviews.
This pointless desire to share a trite experience with a stranger - an irrelevant, irreverant message in a bottle - reminds me of another bug that bit the U.S. on December 23, 1998: wheresgeorge.com. This site tracked the "natural and geographic circulation" [see definition] of specially marked US currency bills. Anyone who naturally received a marked bill was supposed to enter a tracking report on the website. Luckily for Georgers (as they call themselves), the US government's definition of defacement of currency [Link] is much broader than its definition of torture. The George experience has given rise to fascinating sub-cultures: Yahoo groups with regular in-person gatherings [Link], memorial pages for Georgers who've passed on [Link], George bills Bingo players [Link], armchair statisticians [Link], and stamping technique afficiandos [Link].
I wonder what the future holds for NotesToNetflix-ers?
I liked your write-up on Netflix and your picture on the website. The picture had no goatee which was a slight blessing.I will need to read through all your articles. If I do, I will tell you what I thought about them.
A blog doesn't sound as egoistic or desperate to me as it once did in my philistine mind. I will start one, I think.
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