Facebook & Celebrity Friends — Page 2

Eris, that's exactly the issue. They don't even have to add the fan before experiencing privacy breeches. Friend can post something on Actor's wall that sounds personal and the Facebook stalker fans realize Friend "really" knows Actor and start stalking Friend's Facebook as well for any sign of Actor.

The "easy" way is for anyone who is friends with anyone who currently is or may in the future become famous, change your Facebook privacy settings to friends only now, just in case.

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This thread is making me laugh now from an experience today. I posted about it in the "Oh, Shut Up" thread on the off-topic board. Basically, a former friend is obsessed with some band, and is trying to find someone to drive her to meet them, when she already did, except for her favorite band member. She even said she was trying to find fans online from the area to do so. That is creepy and sad. It makes me glad that I have my drivers license and a car, and I'm also willing to take public transportation.

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dramamama, it's not even that the fans think they're actually friends with the actor. It's the fact that by friending them on Facebook, that gives the fan access to their personal lives. Every status update, everyone they friend, every note and picture they're tagged on pops up daily. Fans can search through an actor's family vacation pictures that Cousin Suzy posted if both the actor and Cousin Suzy haven't both pre-emptively taken privacy precautions.

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I am sure that the actors are aware of the pros and cons of setting up a facebook account for all to see. However, I do agree with musicalsfan, that it is far more cheaper and easier to just update your facebook status then it is to have to pay someone to update your website.

I know that there are actors out there who have two facebook accounts. One that is strictly personal and one that is used for fans to have access to.

I know that if I were a Broadway actor I would most likely prefer to use Facebook as a way of updating fans about what is going on rather then having to spend the money and have to pay someone to do that which I can do myself for free via a different method. But, that is just me.

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And they should be entitled to do so without being bothered by people who assume they want their fans all over the place! They shouldn't be forced NOT to communicate with their friends just as any "regular" person does just because there are people out there who don't know where to draw the line. I think, though, some performers are also more responsible for this kind of behavior than a lot of people are willing to acknowledge. If they encourage it in any one of various ways, they are in part responsible. If they welcome it, it's going to continue happen. People who seek attention are going to take the signs to come closer.

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Oh, I agree! And I think a lot of the damage was done before this could have been foreseen. That was more of a "fans should have discretion" remark.

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Updated On: 11/11/09 at 06:32 PM