For $5, you can have some virtual woman posing as your girlfriend on sites like Facebook to (a) not feel so lonely and unloved, (b) prove to people you are not lonely and unloved, or (c) shamelessly waste $5.
I'm not against it at all! The idea of a strictly-Facebook relationship intrigues me, and it makes me wonder about some of my Facebook friends. (You know, the ones who are "In A Relationship", but have no pictures to prove it...)
From a social media standpoint, though, I have to consider the cons of this arrangement. Apparently, the site's owner admits to spam and fraud occurring on the website. For the article, he recommended"sorting the girl list by rating to put those with good feedback at the top". Mmm...sounds like a reputation system.
But what does that mean then? Think of a list similar to the Digg homepage where the highly voted fake girlfriends are listed from most popular to least popular. What's stopping everyone from choosing girl number one?
"We can't all have Ashley!"
Perhaps an explicit ranking system (e.g. one-star to five-star) would be better. The mediocre ladies will get no love, but at least they can get looks, right? I just wonder if this kind of reputation system will - similar to what Facebook has done to the word "friend" - have an effect on how women are viewed in the real world...
Perhaps there should simply be a way to flag spam or scam accounts and let the legit accounts be. Nevertheless, I think GirlfriendHire has the potential to be a great service. Whether you're lonely, looking to brag, or just have money to burn, your $5 is going toward supporting an innovative way for a lady - or deceptive man - to earn money.
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