Who Says Money Can't Buy Friends?

Courtney5000 writes "It looks like some users of popular networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have stooped so low as to actually pay real money for friends. These friends aren't even real believe it or not. You can apparently choose from a selection of 'models' to leave you customized comments to look like you have friends and are popular online. This is unbelievable!"

Yes it can.

[mgblst]

has anybody actually said that money can't buy you friends? I thought we all agreed that it can't buy you love, or happiness, but friends was still wide open. There was always one little rich kid at school who proved that you could, in fact, buy friends.

Re:A treatment for depression?

[Salvance]

Huh? Why not just create a new user and befriend that person ... even if you had to pretend to be someone else it would be far better than paying for it. Heck, you could go on MySpace and just roam around for users with very few friends and befriend them to lift their spirits. Again, far more noble than paying for friends.

Re:Isn't this done already?

[timtwobuck]

As a disclaimer, the parent was most likely a joke, but I feel the need to interject because comments like this really piss me off...

As someone that pledged & joined a fraternity during my undergrad I take offense to your comments. I met many life long friends, and solidified many other relationships inside this organization. It taught leadership & management skills that certainly will become precursors to strong professional lives.

It is the habit of many people to comment on things they know nothing about; the popular saying is that people in fraternities and sororities really do pay for their friends. In reality, dues are paid to ensure that the organization can continue to function and remain an avenue for people to experience & meet new people, whom they traditionally would not have met.

Re:Isn't this done already?

[timtwobuck]

You're interpreting what I said incorrectly. Just by saying they traditionally would not have met doesn't mean they are forbidden. Without my fraternity, there are many people I would never have met because we were not involved in the same activies or the same circle of friends. Hence, my chances of meeting them and becoming friends was drastically lowered.

They aren't

[tacokill]

Nobody is prohibited from making friends with non-members. Not a single fraternity or sorority espouses that thinking. Despite what you seem to think, the "greek community" on most college campuses has lots of inter-mixing of people. After all, it's a college campus, right? And those people represent the same variety that the college represents. The old days of "Biff and Buffy" a la Revenge of the Nerds are long over and in fact, I doubt they ever existed in the first place.

Jeez - get a grip! A fraternity or sorority is only ONE way for people to make lifelong friends. There are, obviously, many others.

All the GP was saying is this: frats and sororities are SOCIAL organizations. And like ANY social organization, you would meet people that you would not have met, had you not joined the organization.

Why is that so hard to understand and why are you purposely trying to twist his words?

This here is one of them joke sites

[qazwart]

This is a joke site put out by Brant Walker . He's a photographer, video artist, and web designer from San Diego. Check out who owns the domain name.

Either that, or Brant is getting a bit hard up for money.

Re:My world is collapsing around me!

[Tryptch]

On a slight tangent you can always to go http://www.imaginarygirlfriends.com/ [imaginarygirlfriends.com] maybe they can extend their business line to include social network interactions and yes people do pay for this service... at least i'm guessing... uh yea!!

Re:And how many here use myspace?

[fbartho]

you might benefit from using greasemonkey on firefox with this script:

http://lifehacker.com/software/myspace/myspace-cus tom-style-remover-greasemonkey-script-201920.php [lifehacker.com]

It removes custom css, making all myspace tags initially cleaned up of the eye gouging colors, leaving you only with the brain melting text.