Apparently recognizing the vapor that is a Facebook friendship, comedian Greg Benson devised a reality show to demonstrate the loose bonds on the site. In the show, Benson planned to pay visits to distant Facebook “friends” and see how they react with him at their door. While the show never got picked up, Benson decided to release its pilot on YouTube last week. It’s well worth a watch.
For this specific episode, Benson visited a handful of Facebook friends he’d never met before and encountered some interesting reactions. While I won’t give away the whole video, I think there’s one particularly telling scene worth noting. In it, Benson walks up to a gated home, introduces himself, and is met with a “Sorry who?” After giving it another try, his Facebook friend shuts the gate in his face. “No man.” he says. “No. I’m sorry. I can’t let you in.”
