Rent a Friend

An LA hipster is auctioning off access to his circle of friends on e-Bay. The young entrepreneur humbly describes his crew on the Friendster network as "the very coolest and most exclusive group of peeps inline [sic] anywhere." (Via Joanne McNeil.)

Comments

[Anthony]

The best part of this is that the high bid was $12.02. That'll barely buy two drinks in a trendy bar.

[The Lonewacko Blog]

I wish I'd known about this. I saw the photo of him and his circle, and even $1000 would not have been too much to gain access, even for a few minutes.

BTW, I'm auctioning off a Luke Ford business card, and I have an old, pre-323 Gloria Allred business card I found in a drawer at the Salvation Army for sale as well. Join my circle!

[Robert Speirs]

Items like this are good for warning the truly cool people away from morons. If you find yourself in a group that looks like the photo, leave!

[Luca Brasi]

I still don't get why people like Friendster so much.

[Tim Stich]

Friendster looks like a generic way to meet people. But then the result is you meet generic people. Therefore you have little reason to hang out with them.

[joanne]

It may be a generic way to meet people, but it's a good way to keep in touch with the ones you already know.

[Luca Brasi]

It just seems like the new makeoutclub.