The Price Of Facebook Friendship

Are you suffering from Facebook friend envy? Do you have a few hundred spare bucks lying around? Then uSocial, an Australian marketing company, is eager to help you buy thousands of “targeted” Facebook friends and fans and Twitter followers.

Are you as creeped out about this as I am?

The Price Of Facebook Friendship (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Feeling lonesome? Don’t have enough friends?
You can try out this latest of trends:
Buy pals by the litter
At Facebook and Twitter.
Pay cash and your loneliness ends.

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8 Responses to “The Price Of Facebook Friendship”

  1. Joyce Taron says:

    That is SO creepy! I enjoyed your limerick. :P And…I’m thankful for your REAL Facebook friendship, and skill as a Lexulous opponent.

  2. Karen Rhodes says:

    Good heavens, but it is sad to think that there are people who feel they have to BUY friends!

    They don’t know what the Lone Ranger told my generation (big smile): The best way to have a friend is to be one.

    How simple.

    How sad.

  3. THE GUYS says:

    Creepy indeed!

    Do you think people really think these are actual friends??

    Funny limerick!

    Have a good day.

  4. Veralynne Pepper says:

    Hmmmmm, I wonder . . . IS this for lonely individuals or for marketers who want their sales pitch to reach more potential customers. The Australian company is covering the truth by sounding more social than biz.

  5. Veralynne Pepper says:

    Sorry, Mad! I neglected to mention how much I enjoy your unique gift! You make it seem so easy. Sigh…

  6. Travis says:

    I’d say more than a bit creepy… where are these “friends” coming from is what I really wanna know…

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  8. Tumblewords says:

    A piece of work – people are stranger and stranger. Friend envy cracks me up. I don’t have any, of course, and surely I can’t afford them until I pay off my medical bills. :) Your limericks are always fun and provocative…