Celebrity Stalking
I'm not on Facebook, MySpace or any other "friend me, friend me!" website for the simple reason that I have far too many acquaintances as it is and not enough time to spend with my real friends. However, as I work in IT, this is incomprehensible to a number of people, many of whom seem convinced I must have them on ignore or block or something.

I also feel bad for all the minor celebrities who have profiles on the sites to plug whatever movie/CD/reality TV show that they're doing at the moment. They all have 25,000 friends within a day of joining and there are people out there who will boast about being Nathan Fillion's friend on Facebook. You're not his friend, you're on his mailing list.

What really bugs me about Facebook and the like is that you don't even have to be on them to be stalked. An old friend from Preparatory School (yes, I know) who has become a hotshot lawyer and increasingly successful in his media career has responded to my disinterest in getting back in touch via conventional methods by adding the various members of my family to his Facebook profile. My mother's Facebook friends list consists of him, my sister and my brother whereas he has several hundred "fans" and them. It's just weird.

I know he probably just wants a buddy who isn't some bastard lawyer or luvvie showbiz type but surely two decades is long enough for the "best friends forever" thing to be invalidated?
(johnson, Thu 11 Sep 2008, 22:16, 1 reply)

You're meanymoo
Best friends forever means best friends forever...

...oh he's lawyer?

Then kick him in the balls.
( cupboardy, Thu 11 Sep 2008, 22:19, closed)