Couldn't this be done trivially enough by creating your own fake girlfriend account and commenting on your own page? Is that just too depressing?
A lot of things are more efficiently done by paying a professional. Hence, YC.
Website Sells Fake Facebook Girlfriends
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#22In case you missed it and feel like reading a really bizarre story about fake girlfriends, this account of Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o faking the death of his non-existent girlfriend is just too weird -- http://deadspin.com/5976517/
He claims he was duped. There's not evidence he faked the death or knew his girlfriend was fake.
Did you read the article? It is pretty obvious he perpetuated the hoax or lied about activities involving her to media. Either he is really naive or a liar. He even continued talking about her as a real person to the media even after he found out it was a "hoax" and reported it to coaches 3 weeks later.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
He claims he was duped. There's not evidence he faked the death or knew his girlfriend was fake.
Did you read the article? It is pretty obvious he perpetuated the hoax or lied about activities involving her to media. Either he is really naive or a liar. He even continued talking about her as a real person to the media even after he found out it was a "hoax" and reported it to coaches 3 weeks later.
It is a possibility that he was just embarrassed. I would be..
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#24No Man.
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#25Don't pay $19 for a disgruntled ex-girlfriend; I'll give you mine for free.
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#26Social hacking at its finest. The benefits of a fake girlfriend go far beyond attracting a real girlfriend. Everyone looks differently at someone who is dating a hot chick. This could be just as valuable in terms of general networking or self promoting.
It makes me wonder what similar ideas are out there. For the majority of people, social capital is the most valuable kind of capital there is. Facebook itself is kind of a social hack, and there's a lot more value there. Plus, this is one of the best things to happen to nerdy high school kids. It's like the "I have a girlfriend but she's in canada" on the next level.
If you find this business to be repugnant, who do we blame? These enterprising brazilians for starting the website? Or ourselves for being so influenced by relationship status and physical appearance? The human brain is based on simple rules and you can't blame someone for capitalizing on that.
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#27This is kind of scientific from an evolutionary stand point. The company is allowing males to setup a mating ritual display to appear more desirable. I don't know if its scientific, but my fisrt hand experience always had me being more desirable to the opposite sex when I was in a relationship. Now that I wear a wedding band around my finger, I could swear that the effect has increased. Which is quite funny at some t…
Jumping straight to "from an evolutionary stand point" in these sorts of things is just gross. Evopsych is pretty much BS anyway, and seems to find the most play in circles that enjoy spouting off about how women are this way, and men are that way. The New Yorker had a good article on it. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2012/09/17/12091...
My point is that just like some animals put off mating rituals to attact mates, we humans do so. Still, I know as much about that as I know about zoology. Zilch.
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#28They do have science on their side: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17619-its-true-all-the...
Great coverage on this fact at CH: http://heartiste.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/women-prefer-taken...
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#29This is kind of scientific from an evolutionary stand point. The company is allowing males to setup a mating ritual display to appear more desirable. I don't know if its scientific, but my fisrt hand experience always had me being more desirable to the opposite sex when I was in a relationship. Now that I wear a wedding band around my finger, I could swear that the effect has increased. Which is quite funny at some t…
> my first hand experience always had me being more desirable to the opposite sex when I was in a relationship But it's not necessarily the case that this is due to others thinking you're in a relationship. I suspect at least a large part of the effect you describe (which seems to be pretty well-known) is because people tend to be more relaxed and confident when they're "out of play"—the pressure's off—and ironically…
Not sure. I've always been shy in real life (not on the net), and have dressed in the same style for years (black plain tshirt, levy jeans, asiics sneakers). I'm not one to come off as confident or even stylish. Heck, I prefer to use the same style shirt because I cant match colors for the life of me. But Im pretty athletic, and run about 20-25 miles per week. So it might be that.
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#30Couldn't this be done trivially enough by creating your own fake girlfriend account and commenting on your own page? Is that just too depressing?
Or for $5 http://fiverr.com/gigs/search?query=girlfriend&x=0&y...
Fascinating. Even more fascinating when you think that there is no guarantee that the person advertising is the person in the pictures.
Rip photos from unsuspecting innocent FB profile, create a new one, post on fiverr, profit!