Now you can rent girlfriends/boyfriends on FB to improve your image

[The Straight Story]

Twenty-four-year-old Sophia is smart, pretty and has hopes and dreams of getting to grad school.

And for $5 she will be your girlfriend.

"It's not a big deal really," she says, at the end of what has been an altogether very peculiar week.

"It's just easy to do... I just tick 'in a relationship'."

Sophia is one of many women - and a few men - who have essentially brought the age-old industry of escorting to the world of social networking.

...

Now, instead of hiring someone to grasp your arm and go out to a party or dinner - it's all about looking good online.

"It's mostly guys trying to make someone else jealous," Sophia explains. "Or to make their profile look like they've got girls all over them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21446368

[pinboy3niner]

1. Dibs on Charlie's Angels

[L0oniX]

2. There are tons of ****** who will friend you for free. n/t

[RZM]

3. I just watched 'Can't Buy Me Love' the other day. Pretty much the same thing

Only without the internet.

[monmouth3]

4. And there are men to also purchase, right? Right?

[The Straight Story]

5. Yeah, I think bush is out there pimping himself, and maybe cheyney

That would make someone jealous

[pinboy3niner]

6. They probably have a Valentine's Day Special

[hfojvt]

8. Why would there be?

You can't even give the damned things away, so who would actually spend money on one?

[Blue_Tires]

7. $5? Talk about underselling yourself...

[marions ghost]

9. sad & weird

seems like it would decrease potential friends. And attract people you are not attracted to & then can't scrape off.

Sophia ("Wisdom&quot doesn't seem very wise.