Online, even zombies can make friends

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...One of the best uses of social-networking tools like Facebook and Twitter is to prompt one-on-one communication, as people use the technology to make friends in the real world.

"If I didn't have the Internet," said Sarvas Berry, who organized the first Salt Lake City Zombie Walk last year, "I would be stuck with five of my friends hanging out and dressing like zombies."

Berry and his friends launched the Salt Lake event after hearing about gatherings of thousands of zombies in Toronto, Canada, and Sydney, Australia.

Berry sent a few e-mails out to friends, who sent them to their friends, and so on. Ultimately, Berry said, nearly 300 people showed up in zombie...


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