Friendstercrush (tm).
Has anyone else come up with a name for this?
You know, you're surfing through Friendster or some other...umm..space...and you read a profile and think to yourself, "whoa, I could date that person." Or, you know, you can insert a different verb into that last sentence.
Actually, you can't. Sites like FacePic are already being used for hook-ups, that's not what I mean. I mean learning enough about someone that you think you should maybe date them. Sure, everywhere from Lavalife to Fast Cupid and every other personals site lets you look at someone and read their description. That's been around since the beginning of the World Wide Net.
What makes this different than a personals site is that you can get to know someone through their friends. I think a Friendstercrush (tm) (annoyed yet?) is different, because you get a pretty vivid picture of someone's life just by looking at how much of it they've thrown on a website. Blogs, multiple photos, testimonials by and to friends, groups they belong to, shout-outs and posts, even what their friends look like - these are all things that take it a little farther than a personal ad ever could. I'm not really a personal ad guy, mind you - but I came pretty close to asking someone out who I have three degrees of separation from.
But, you know, then I figured it was one too many degrees. I mean, the Friendstercrush (you know) may be new, but there still has to be some sense of etiquette. We're not animals, you know.
You know, you're surfing through Friendster or some other...umm..space...and you read a profile and think to yourself, "whoa, I could date that person." Or, you know, you can insert a different verb into that last sentence.
Actually, you can't. Sites like FacePic are already being used for hook-ups, that's not what I mean. I mean learning enough about someone that you think you should maybe date them. Sure, everywhere from Lavalife to Fast Cupid and every other personals site lets you look at someone and read their description. That's been around since the beginning of the World Wide Net.
What makes this different than a personals site is that you can get to know someone through their friends. I think a Friendstercrush (tm) (annoyed yet?) is different, because you get a pretty vivid picture of someone's life just by looking at how much of it they've thrown on a website. Blogs, multiple photos, testimonials by and to friends, groups they belong to, shout-outs and posts, even what their friends look like - these are all things that take it a little farther than a personal ad ever could. I'm not really a personal ad guy, mind you - but I came pretty close to asking someone out who I have three degrees of separation from.
But, you know, then I figured it was one too many degrees. I mean, the Friendstercrush (you know) may be new, but there still has to be some sense of etiquette. We're not animals, you know.
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