For my Counterfactual Identity I created a Facebook of a Grandma that I haven't seen since I was in 5th grade. She lives in North Carolina, and is my dad's mom. We're not very close to his side of the family so I created the relationship I wish I had with her, like things used to be. I named her Gladis Mason and kept true to how tiny my real grandma is. I decided to make her current hometown Fullerton. On Facebook we are incredibly close and she is also really close to my boyfriend. I have been waiting to post about it on here so I could get more activity. I already have people that do not know it is me commenting on my statuses and updates which is strange to me! I just got a friend request yesterday from someone I don't even know. The fact that people want to connect with a really old Grandma whose user picture is her holding a gun shows that people just want to "connect". The internet is a place of just exploring and feeding your senses. I want to keep this up to see how many people are willing to interact and develop relationships to my "grandma". I never thought I would actually be dealing with activity on this page or anything and I am pleasantly surprised. It makes me want to create more Identities as maybe an outlet of feelings and to see just how desperate people are to have friends on there.
This is her profile page. I will update it with more exciting activity as time goes on, I think it's hilarious.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003213702555
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