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Ashley Madison Says It Added 4 Million Members Since the Hack (cnn.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-shame dept.

New submitter fardindany writes with news that the months-old Ashley Madison hack seems to have had little impact on new users joining up. CNN reports: "Despite the infamous hack that exposed millions of cheaters online, infidelity dating site Ashley Madison says its ranks are growing. At the time of the hack, Ashley Madison said it had 39 million members. The website now says it has more than 43 million members, according to a rolling count on its homepage."

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  1. Actually 4 new members.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And 3,999,996 bots.

  2. Obvious reason by ranton · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Without some really strong evidence, why would anyone believe these 4 million new members aren't 99% AI-controlled bots? Or at least 99% of the new female users.

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  3. This is why CNN can't be trusted with the news by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> according to a rolling count on its homepage

    Has anyone NOT on SlashDot NOT written a visitor/user/customer counter that started at a fictitious number and automatically incremented as time went on? (This is, after all, the culture of "fake it until you make it.")

  4. Re:Let me guess... by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the internet! Where the men are men, women are bots and kids are FBI agents.

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  5. Re:The worst humanity has to offer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Imagine 12 men and 12 women. Eight couples get married and stay married. That's eight marriages that don't end in divorce. The other four men and four women all get married and divorced three times. That's 12 marriages that do end in divorce. Therefore the majority of marriages end in divorce (12 to 8), but the majority of people stay married (16 to 8).