Facebook President Becomes French Star

Posted by Nick O'Neill on January 9th, 2008 11:37 AM

Ouriel Ohayon has the story about a massive prank that has taken place within the French media. The prank involves Arash Derambarsh, a 28 year old French citizen that won the Facebook presidency via the ePresident application on Facebook. What’s funny is that he claimed that he could now secretly message the close to hundred million Facebook users thanks to winning the presidency.

In one of the French media outlets he is quoted as claiming that he has access to two times the amount people that the French President has access to providing him with even greater power. This story was picked up throughout the French press and nobody decided to question it to see if it was real. While France has a large population on Facebook, apparently none of them are French press.

It makes you wonder if someone could have pulled off a similar prank in this country. This would be the perfect time to send out a press release announcing your win of the Facebook presidential election and that you are now running for President of the Unites States. Perhpas someone will follow in Arash’s footsteps. This is too funny.

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9 Responses to “Facebook President Becomes French Star”

  1. Ouriel Ohayon Says:

    Not Mike Arrington. Ouriel Ohayon :)

  2. Ouriel Ohayon Says:

    Not Mike Arrington. Ouriel Ohayon :)

  3. Jonathan Kleiman Says:

    The difference is, no facebook can make you more powerful than the sitting US president.<br><br>Even a king is less powerful<br><br>Kings have laws that they don't have to follow. The president controls an organization or two that act outside of the law (CIA, NSA) making him more powerful than a king.<br><br>… and even than mark zuckerberg

  4. Jonathan Kleiman Says:

    eerrrr kings have laws that they DO have to follow. sorry

  5. Nick O'Neill Says:

    Whoops .. sorry about that Ouriel … I'll fix it

  6. Jonathan Kleiman Says:

    The difference is, no facebook can make you more powerful than the sitting US president.

    Even a king is less powerful

    Kings have laws that they don’t have to follow. The president controls an organization or two that act outside of the law (CIA, NSA) making him more powerful than a king.

    … and even than mark zuckerberg

  7. Jonathan Kleiman Says:

    eerrrr kings have laws that they DO have to follow. sorry

  8. Nick O'Neill Says:

    Whoops .. sorry about that Ouriel … I’ll fix it

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