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A record of telephone interactions is gathered under the pretense of a social networking service called Status Grabber, in which a representative makes personal phone calls to request very short “status updates” from strangers. Call recipients are told that someone they know has anonymously requested a “status update” about them, and that they should provide the representative with an open statement about their career, family, social life, or literal whereabouts. Visitors to the Status Grabber website can directly request status updates through the satirical service, listen to phone records, and view rolling, one-line status updates.

Status Grabber is part of a project called I’m Not Stalking You; I’m Socializing, an exploration of how social networking changes the ways in which we relate to one another and enrich our lives. It is a 2009 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) created for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.

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