Why Some Old Friends Should Stay That Way - Social Networking for Beginners
Added: (Mon Jul 09 2007)
Pressbox (Press Release) -
Read someone else�s e-mail, reassure yourself that no matter how awful your own life may seem, someone has it much worse.
Launched at the start of the summer in 2007, PlaceTheirFace has already earned a loyal band of followers who visit daily to learn what has become of Internet addict Lisa Doyle.
Her story unfolds over several months starting in November 2006. A weekly newsletter picks up new subscribers daily. PlaceTheirFace looks set to be the must read site this year for bored office workers everywhere.
Thanks to the Internet, hundreds of thousands of us are seeking out people from the past, re-establishing contact with former classmates and gossiping again with long forgotten colleagues. There are hundreds of sites out there dedicated to the seemingly innocuous task of turning old friends into new ones.
It may be nice to wallow in rose-tinted memories of days gone by, but you must never forget just how utterly awful some of these people were. They could have matured, turned into fully rounded human beings, or they could just be grow-up versions of their hateful former selves. In most cases, you erase people from your memory with good reason.
There are joys to be had. You can heave a reassuring sigh of relief when you find that the class bully is doing time for petty theft. You can snigger when you read that the �girl voted most likely to succeed� did anything but. The problem is that you too return to earlier days in the eyes of your classmates. No matter how much you embroider or polish your profile, you�ll still be the person you once were. The boom in social networking sites means that everyone is forced to become the person they�ve sweat years over trying to bury and leave behind.
After stumbling across www.placetheirface.com Lisa Doyle makes the rather irritating discovery that the majority of her former are smugly living in marital bliss. Extensive research only helps to confirm that apart from one other girl � Helen McVeigh - she is the last sad single sack left up on the shelf, gathering dust.
On the edge of being 40, she is forced into doing something about this when her best friend forces her into an ill-considered new year�s resolution. She needs to do something about her marital status before she hits the big four-oh! With the dawn of the new year, amidst the hangover from hell, the last thing she needs is the news that Helen McVeigh is now engaged and wants Lisa at the wedding. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Lisa soon plots a way to save face and change everyone�s perceptions. It�s called barefaced lying.
Follow Lisa�s story through the daily e-mail updates at www.placetheirface.com and sign up for the newsletter to receive gossip and up-to-date snippets hinting at what is to come.
Contacts: Mo Fanning: www.mofanning.com
For Immediate Release