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Who Says Money Can't Buy Friends?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beyond-pathetic dept.

Courtney5000 writes "It looks like some users of popular networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have stooped so low as to actually pay real money for friends. These friends aren't even real believe it or not. You can apparently choose from a selection of 'models' to leave you customized comments to look like you have friends and are popular online. This is unbelievable!"

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  1. It could be from Japan and not unbelievable by slaida1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    All kinds of fake friend services are common. Nothing special there.

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  2. What's wrong with that? by Groo+Wanderer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Teh weB2.0 is teh rox0r. It just goes to show the power of Web2.0 and it's ability to democratize formerly abstract concepts like friendship, then monetize them. What more can you ask for, you can already buy love in several US states and countries around the world.

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    P.S. /. strips sarcasm tags. For the terminally holier-than-thou set, the above was indeed sarcasm.

  3. Normal? by tsa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fake your Space says (and I quote): "We understand that you want your friends to look as normal as possible and as far from fake as possible. I looked around in the Women and Men section, and I didn't see one normal looking person. Check out Molly for instance.

    This website is a nice prank.

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  4. Re:And how many here use myspace? by Salvance · · Score: 4, Interesting

    /. represents a relatively small, select group of people ... not at all indicative of the masses. MySpace and Facebook are hugely popular with the general population, and in particular with high schoolers and college kids. Most adults would consider this large segment of the population "superficial", so it stands to reason that a good social networking site would mirror its userbase's traits.

    But what social networks do folks here use? Is there a good one that offers the benefits of a Facebook or Myspace, while being less superficial and spammy?

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  5. Check the whois records by chundo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Looks like slashdot has been duped for free advertising again. The submitter's domain (sandiegointeractive.com) and the fakeyourspace.com domain are registered to the same person.

  6. Myspace is also for marketing by gary+gunrack · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you're a musician or band trying to build a grassroots audience, Myspace has become almost indespensible. Thank god the bass-player actually likes myspace, and is willing to maintain the band's account. Thanks to him, we actually managed to attract an audience the first time we played in towns like Boston or NYC, away from our own turf. I'm guessing that FakeSpace is actually geared towards spammy-marketers, not insecure teenagers. If you were marketing to superficial people, the appearance of popularity would make a big difference.