While large brands and small businesses alike are taking full advantage of Facebook Pages and Facebook advertising, many users are spending their time speaking out about things they love or hate. While I typically take the time to highlight brands or people that are doing excellent things, I thought it would be fun to list some of the off-topic Facebook Pages that are among the most popular, yet do not represent any official organization.
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“I would rather have a prostate exam on live telvision by a guy with very cold hands than have a Facebook page,” George Clooney told a group of reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival. Clooney, who was previously named the world’s sexiest man alive, probably didn’t realize that his Facebook fan page is not far from becoming one of the 1,000 most popular Pages. While I can’t blame the guy for preferring to jet set around the world without the hassle of managing his online presence, he’s missing a big opportunity.
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While the blogosphere buzzes about Ashton Kutcher’s race against the CNN Twitter account, Ashton has quietly surpassed one million fans on Facebook, surging up the leader board in a matter of days. The most impressive aspect of this milestone is that Ashton has grown from around 400,000 fans to over 1 million fans in under 3 days! It’s an impressive feat and it shows the viral nature of Facebook public profiles.
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I thought the pettiness of teenagers acting out on Facebook was enough. But celebrities aren’t ones to miss out on all the fun either. Singer Katy Perry offended pop star Lily Allen when she referred to herself as a “skinnier version” of Allen, reports Celebuzz. The war of the words continued when Allen called Perry “crass” but only got nastier when Allen threatened to post Perry’s phone number on Facebook.
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Lindsay Lohan, the popular Hollywood actress, has suffered a painful experience, her Facebook account has been shut down. Ironically enough, Lohan posts about her experience on her MySpace blog. In her post, Lohan expresses her frustration with Facebook who lets numerous fake Lindsay Lohan accounts flourish but has decided to shut down her real account after it had been hacked, or so she claims. Lohan continues with the real reason that she wrote the blog post on her MySpace blog:
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