Sfgirl.com
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sfgirl.com is an online community
founded by Patty Beron, a "legendary party crasher" and "queen of San Francisco's dot-com party scene".
. Following the "dot com crash" of 2001, during which much of the industry collapsed, Beron began promoting "pink slip parties" and "schwag exchanges" at which people would give away promotional items they had collected.
Online community
An online community is a virtual community that exists online and whose members enable its existence through taking part in membership ritual. An online community can take the form of an information system where anyone can post content, such as a Bulletin board system or one where only a restricted...
founded by Patty Beron, a "legendary party crasher" and "queen of San Francisco's dot-com party scene".
History
Beron founded the site in early 2000 to document, popularize, and promote social and business networking parties that had become part of the business culture of San Francisco's "dot com" industry, as well as her persona as a glamorous gatecrasherGate-crashing
Gate-crashing, gatecrashing or party crashing is the act of attending an invite-only event without invitationThe person doing the gate-crashing is known as a gate-crasher...
. Following the "dot com crash" of 2001, during which much of the industry collapsed, Beron began promoting "pink slip parties" and "schwag exchanges" at which people would give away promotional items they had collected.