Facebook Relationships
Gosh. Where do I start?
I left mySpace a couple years ago. My profile is still there, but I only check in on it about once every six months. I treat it as a piece of art, I guess.
Now, Facebook has much more structure (except it’s impossible to find where to upload a new photo on the website; sheesh!) and even people that never used mySpace have taken a liking to Facebook.
It’s great for keeping in contact with… everyone (that you allow).
First of all, I don’t allow anyone. If I don’t know you and you request my friendship without a greeting/introduction, then no dice.
Sure, my Facebook profile is sacred. There’s lots of personal information on there. Although, not everything is the truth. I never put my real birth date on there because a lot can be done with that in terms of identity theft.
After a while of having a birth date skewed from my real one I decided to have some fun and make it my birthday every month. The amount of people (even really close friends) that fall for the automated monthly birthday notification is hilarious and concerning at the same time. Only a handful of people have caught on.
Currently, my religious/political beliefs and all the ‘God’ stuff on my profile is all a farce. That will change back soon though.
Now on to the reason for this post.
I was single from around August 2006. Thus, I’d never had a real relationship ‘to share with my friends on Facebook’. I think I may have had a fake one or two since then, but it hasn’t really been too exciting on the left side of my Facebook profile.
In March, 2009, I started dating my wonderful girlfriend Rachel. As with many aspects of my life (jobs, awards, travel, etc) I don’t tend to announce things from the top of a mountain as I maybe should. I’ll tell my friends (online and offline) when and if they ask me.
Some time early in the year (I’m sure it was before March — not that it matters) I was fooling around on Facebook and I tried to get a very homophobic friend of mine to become ‘engaged’ to me on Facebook. I tried this with a few other straight guys and then tried with some girl friends (two words) of mine. I believe I was ‘dating’ or ‘married’ to Tammy for a while. Anywho, I ended up being ‘engaged’ to Candace, and I still am.
Oh — Another thing that makes everything 100% more hilarious on Facebook is the fact that I changed my language to ‘English (Pirate)’. You should try it: SO FUNNY!
So, as you might expect, my real life girlfriend wants that spot on the left side of my Facebook profile. And so do two other girls.
This made me begin to ponder. That ‘relationship slot’ on my Facebook profile be a great place for advertising? Advertising a user/brand.
In no way does a website represent my real life. Though, some things on there may come close. Moreover, should I monetize it? For instance, $30/mo to be ‘engaged’ to me. Guaranteed 1000+ views a month, etc etc.
I would just feel bored if everything on my Facebook was real, yet I don’t want to make it as “arty” as my mySpace profile.
Your thoughts?
