Hyves
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
Hyves (aka HIVs aka The Dutch Facebook) is the brainchild of a guy named Geert Wilders. Geert didn't have much friends, so he thought to himself "Why shouldn't I make my own Facebook?".
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Two things make HIVs noteworthy:
- Instead of a "Like" button, it has a "Respect" button. This makes the usual arms race for attention common to all social networking sites that little bit more amusing and creepy.
- Hyves has like 8 million users, and there are only 17 million dutch. This means that 45% of all Dutch people are attention whores.
