Do looks matter in the world of social networking? According to a new service that allows customers to choose from a selection of scantily clad men and women to purchase as fake friends for your profile pages it does.
Fake your space is a new service that will allow you to
to buy “friends” for displaying on your MySpace, Friendster or Facebook profile pages.
You have the option of picking how many friends you want to have, how often they comment, and what kinds of comments they leave. Fake your space basic service starts at $1.99/month. Quoting from the site.
“If you are tired of seeing everyone else with the hottest friends and want some hotties of your own, then this is the place for you.”
How pathetic is that? I find it unbelievable that this is what social networking has become. Popularity being bought and sold. There are no other words to describe this other than sad, really sad.
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14 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Feb 27, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Sick and sad but not surprising at all.
Wrote: Feb 27, 2007 at 7:00 pm
That is truly sad. I love getting comments but I would rather they were genuine and that I didn’t have to purchase them.
Wrote: Feb 27, 2007 at 10:24 pm
disgusting and pathetic and sounds time intensive, costly as well, but surprising… no.
Wrote: Feb 27, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Rose, I could not agree with you more. That is so sad. Why not be happy with the few that you do have?
Wrote: Feb 28, 2007 at 6:04 am
MySpace can be as vulgaire as they want for me. I don’t go there. (But everybody could use MS tops as their pictures-he-he)
This is my comment to WW ( no WP contact)
No words need as long as I can smell the roses all the way to my PC with the newest scent feature:)
Beautiful entry
Wrote: Feb 28, 2007 at 10:49 am
Glaringly unethical,morally depraved.
Wrote: Feb 28, 2007 at 2:33 pm
That’s sad when people gotta by friends for their sites.
Wrote: Feb 28, 2007 at 8:18 pm
That seems so desperate.
Wrote: Feb 28, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Very very sad and hard to believe this really happens, but I know it does.
Wrote: Mar 1, 2007 at 10:13 pm
It’s not good…. but who is surprised this is happening?
People kill for attention – buying fake friends seems sort of minor compared to what someone like that could actually do…
Wrote: Mar 1, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Hammer, no I guess that it is not surprising.
Twisted Cinderella, yes I would prefer the comments that I receive be genuine too.
Jacksta, there are other things that I rather spend money on.
Viola, it is all about image.
surjit, yeap!
TorAa I’m happy with my photo. lol
Ma it is sad.
Stu, anyone who would pay for comments must be desperate. lol
Steve, yeap it does!
Ryan, I’m not surprised.
Wrote: Mar 8, 2007 at 7:56 am
Actually, this doesn’t seem too weird OR sad to me. I haven’t looked at the service but if it starts at $1.99, that’s nothing really. Everyone does what they can to appear attractive and popular – from their grooming to their possessions to their social faces and graces. It’s seems to me that it’s kind of like advertising. It’s an exaggerated PR spin designed to stir up interest and increase traffic. No one HAS to fall for it and I can’t see how it hurts anyone.
We all try to put things on our spaces that are interesting and will make people want to come there. Whether they come because of the things we say or because they think there’s hot people there, they’re still there and maybe they’ll come back for other reasons later.
I’d like to add that all of my friends are real, though.
Wrote: Nov 24, 2007 at 9:15 am
Will you be my friend on my site then for free, you seem so kool
Wrote: Nov 5, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I think it’s ingenious for private investigators, you can create a phony account, be friend your mark, and nail them in court with what they said on myspace. the fake friends make your page look real.
I’ve helped two clients find dead beat dads using this idea, but i didn’t pay a service.