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Website compiles sexual partner database | The Register: "Website compiles sexual partner database
By Lester Haines
Published Thursday 2nd June 2005 14:01 GMT

Everyone knows the old classic that everyone on the planet is separated by just six degrees, so, if you want to get in touch with a Patagonian goat-herd, a chain of just half-a-dozen people will bring you face-to-face with your target.

Another time-honoured adage is that when you sleep with someone, you are sleeping with everyone they ever slept with, and everyone those people slept with, and so forth. Accordingly, you may be pleasantly surprised to discover that you have in fact slept with Sharon Stone, even if you weren't aware of the fact.

Now a website is seeking to build the world's biggest database of previous sexual partners - a so-called 'Sex Degrees of Separation' resource - aiming to, well, we're not quite sure what the point of it is, but here's the blurb:

Shagster.net* - located at www.shagster.net - aims to go one stage further than the current craze of online social groups such as Friendster and Myspace which simply list friends of friends of friends. Shagster.net allows members to finally discover a new circle of mates through mating.

Naturally, there are built-in safeguards to protect the privacy of those who do not wish it to be publicly known that they once enjoyed a one-night stand with a bloke from Birmingham after a particularly drunken computer show beano:

Users simply register their profile for free before inputting the details of those they have slept with. These details are only added with the consent of the other party, but, once given, a new circle of friends is generated. Stats such as 'performance ratings' are also listed, adding a little bit more spice to the community. Members can browse the profiles of friends they are connected to, to discover who they in turn are connected to, forming new friendships through their mutual conquests.

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