Just as I mentioned in my earlier research, one online article for the Times written by Lewis Smith entitled “Online net workers who click with 1,000 ‘friends’” notice friends is in inverted comas suggesting something else. The artlce quite neatly sums up the race for numbers but then goes into the idea of collecting celebrity ‘trophy’ friends which I find really interesting as I can’t after all see any celebrity who has someone managing their page declining any fan when it is putting money in their pockets. This is exactly why, when I moved over to Facebook myself I personally ensured I not only knew my contacts on a personal basis but would then endeavor to stay in contact with them unlike my 80+ so called friends on MySpace. I currently have 141 friends on Facebook all of whom I am personally linked to, have met and have had experiences with. Now that’s what I call real friends!!!!
