iLife – A new low for friendships

So, Many of you know… because I told you. I am a Facebook addict! I love facebook, it has become a form of communication. I no longer get e-mail, I get notes via facebook.

In Fact, I am such a facebook addict that I started a competition with a friend to see who had more “friends”. For a while we were neck and neck, but then I stopped trying, and he started. His friends doubled. I lost. But who’s counting?

Exactly. Who IS counting?

Today, I signed into my account as usual, but something was different. I had an invitation to an event, a friend request, and what’s this? something new!?! I noticed that I had been added as a top friend! A Top Friend?!?!!!
So here is the deal, Facebook has added ‘applications’ to their website. What this means is that other companies can put together add-ons which facebook users can use. It’s sort of like a widget. One of the applications allows you to not only Count your friends, but rank them! The application’s tag line is “Top Friends, Because your friends need to know where they stand”.

I’m sorry, but is that how materialistic and petty we have become. Now I realize that this is merely for fun. But I would argue that it represents a larger picture in our society. It is in fact a social commentary. We are so desperate for meaning, that we have moved beyond “who has the nicer car/tv” to “who has more friends”.

I Mean we’ve all done it, I’m guilty. Whenever someone mentions facebook, we always mention how many ‘friends’ we have. Does this really change or revolutionize our life!!?