My Fake Facebook Friends

There is a subset of my friends I haven’t yet figured out except I know they’re not real people. They are usually very attractive younger women posed provocatively. I’m not talking get you kicked off Facebook steamy provocative, but these women are nubile.

I accept all Facebook friend requests from people (not businesses). That’s brought me 2,500 friends many of them viewers most of whom I don’t know. It’s actually a nice connection never available to me before. Thank you for being a friend.

That being said I enjoy stalking strangers lives online. Some of you are more interesting than others.

I’ve read along as you screamed your most personal secrets for all to see.

I know when you’ve been sleeping. I know when you’re awake. I know when you’ve been bad and good.

Do I ever!

I recently read an angry rant by a friend about his soon-to-be ex-spouse. Ouch!

There is a subset of my friends I haven’t yet figured out except I know they’re not real people. They are usually very attractive younger women posed provocatively. I’m not talking get you kicked off Facebook steamy provocative, but these women are nubile&#185.

I suspect the idea is no guy is going to turn down a Facebook invite from this girl. We remember when we were this girl’s age. We would not have been on her radar.

Considering their obvious comfort before a camera these faux friends have but one photo in their profile. Often they’ve been on Facebook a short amount of time–strange for someone in their early twenties. Their wall never carries real two-way conversations.

Sometimes you’ll see a guy who has lost touch with reality posting on her wall under the mistaken impression some babe is coming on to him and he can hit on her. He never posts twice.

Are they stalking me and others? Could be. I’ll keep looking and would appreciate hearing if you’ve had similar friendings.

&#185 – I wouldn’t normally set the definition of nubile here, but if you were searching to see what I mean the first Google return is a porn site… so

Main Entry: nu·bile
Pronunciation: \ˈnü-ˌbī(-ə)l, ˈnyü-, -bəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from Latin nubilis, from nubere to marry — more at nuptial
Date: circa 1642
1 : of marriageable condition or age
2 : sexually attractive —used of a young woman

5 thoughts on “My Fake Facebook Friends”

  1. If they selected you as a friend, you should feel free to comment on their rants. I’m sure you could have provided counsel or some comforting words to that maritally-challenged gentleman. 😉

    I get enough of ya here. I read a lot of blogs- and blog on other sites- yours consistently has an amazing variety of stuff. Plus, you have something every day. Don’t know how you manage that.

  2. I call those girls Face-bots. They just show up randomly. I never accept friendship from them (or the cute guys) for fear of a virus. They’re no different the the crap you get in your e-mail. Some guy friended me who was into beastiality…ew?? Yeah, you go FB!

  3. Geoff,

    I think we all get those requests, I just never accept them. I have always assumed it is people getting email addresses or other information. A lot of people have that info in the “info” section of their profile, but only let friends access it. Once someone accepts your friendship they can get that info and at it to their database. Probably just gets more spam in your gmail spam filter.

    -Chris

  4. Yeah, I’m with Chris. They’re looking to collect as much data as you’ll give them.
    When you ignore the request, you have two options, one is to mark it as spam, the other (which is what I use) to mark it as a request from ‘someone you don’t know’. I expect FB is playing a game of Whack-a-Mole trying to delete these phantom profiles, so I hope that helps.

  5. I just found this interesting in the abstract.

    I am reasonably adept at controlling what from my private life is public. I have significant experience not necessary for most.

    Alas, as long as I have a Facebook open door policy this will be. There were people who got upset at me when I was more selective in friending. My value in business is based on people liking, not disliking me. And, as I said, I enjoy all the stalking provided by friending!

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