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‘Popularity Dialer’ Offers Phone Escape Route

From popularitydialer.com

Have you ever hoped your cell phone would ring in order to extricate you from a boring date or an unpleasant meeting? Well, The Popularity Dialer, via a Web interface, will ring you up and supply half of a conversation you can use to make your apologies and get the hell out.

From The Populariy Dialer:

With “The Popularity Dialer”, you can plan ahead. Via a web interface, you can choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that’s one half of a conversation. Thus, you will be prompted to have a fake conversation and will easily fool those around you.

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By james, October 21, 2006 at 11:23 pm #
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These guys seem to have taken this concept a bit further with alibi, image dialers (their version of the popularity dialer), reminders and wake up calls. They allow you to spoof the caller ID that calls you so that you can facilitate an alibi call. http://www.mobilealibi.com

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By Connie Boyd, August 4, 2006 at 7:08 pm #
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An alternative: Go to Stupid.com and buy a “get off the phone excuse machine” for $9.99. Press a button and the person you are talking to will hear the sound of your choice—a ringing doorbell, a crying baby, a siren, a loud crash, static, or a man with an Asian accent yelling, “Chinese food delivery!”

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By marthaL, August 4, 2006 at 2:02 pm #
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What ever happened to having an honest and polite conversation between people. What is it about duping and manipulation that people seem to think is the way to be in the world. Sorry, Jenny, popularity dialer seems like a bad idea. I think it makes a fool out of the person who chooses to use it and says a lot about their character or lack thereof. I am surprised this was even on Truthdig!

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By jennyLC, August 4, 2006 at 2:58 am #
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Hey TruthDig,

Thanks for blogging the PopularityDialer!

Best,

jennyLC,
cofounder of popularitydialer.com

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