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Draw three circles of any size, with each one touching the other two. Draw a new circle that fits snugly into the space between them, and another around the outside enclosing all the circles. Now you have four roughly triangular spaces between the circles. In each of those spaces, draw a new circle that just touches each side. This creates twelve triangular pores; insert a new circle into each one of them, just touching each side. Keep on drawing forever, or at least until the circles become too small to see. What you get is a fractal called an Apollonian Gasket. IMVU’s social structure works very much like this. The main circle is the site, and the steadily shrinking ones are the various activity and interest groups. fame, not knowing that there is a difference between being famous and being infamous. The former just means that a person, animal, place or thing is known for something by a lot of people. The latter means that thing is something negative. If you were asked to recommend an IMVU Creator who makes good skins (or any other product), chances are you’d have at least one name come to mind immediately. If a larger group of users were polled, several Creators would come up more than others. The same thing would happen if these people were asked to name a user who is known for harassment or art theft. There are many online who claim Virtual fame isn’t as consistent as fame in the real world. There are far more Kardashians than there are Anshe Chungs. In lieu of paparazzi, some users have inbox spam and block buttons instead of restraining orders. Being IMVU famous is very much depen [