{"id":1068,"date":"2009-07-27T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T16:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/2009\/07\/27\/top-5-funniest-fake-facebook-pages\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T16:14:40","slug":"top-5-funniest-fake-facebook-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/27\/top-5-funniest-fake-facebook-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Funniest Fake Facebook Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Pete Cashmore<\/a><\/p>\n

\"facebook\"With over 250 million users<\/a>, Facebook is a social networking behemoth. The site is host to thousands of celebrity fan pages and has been taking steps to make these more appealing to self-promoters.<\/p>\n

On Saturday Bill Gates revealed that he’s not a Facebook user<\/a>, and many other famous names are notably absent from the site. Which leads us to wonder\u2026what might those pages look like?<\/em> Fortunately, some of the web’s most creative minds had the exact same thought, and below we bring you the very best fake Facebook pages.<\/p>\n

Click through to the sites to see the pages in full size and quality.<\/p>\n\n

1. Barack Obama’s News Feed: First 100 Days<\/a> (Slate)<\/h3>\n\n

In April, Slate<\/em> came up with a highly original way to recap Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office: a parody Facebook feed marking the key events. For those who remember that far back, the creation offers a light-hearted take on the course of the Administration.<\/p>\n

\"obama100daysinfacebook\"<\/center> <\/p>\n\n

2. Hitler’s Facebook<\/a> (Banterist)<\/h3>\n\n

This one goes way back\u2026to a posting on a satire blog in December 2007. Banterist (aka humorist Brian Sack) imagined what it might have been like if Hitler had a news feed. Bizarrely, the concept of Hitler posting funny videos and playing Scrabulous is more amusing that the parody of real world events.<\/p>\n

\"hitlerfacebook\"<\/center> <\/p>\n\n

3. Steve Jobs’ Facebook<\/a> (PC World)<\/h3>\n\n

From a taunt directed at Bill Gates to his friendship with “Every Celebrity in Hollywood”, PC World took a friendly poke at Apple’s Steve Jobs, with plenty of zingers thrown in.<\/p>\n

\"stevejobsfacebookpage\"<\/center> <\/p>\n\n

4. The Facebook of Genesis<\/a> (College Humor)<\/h3>\n\n

Back in November 2008, comedy site College Humor<\/em> turned Genesis into a Facebook feed, with hilarious results. The re-telling of the creation story is good-naturedly irreverent and is sure to serve up a few chuckles.<\/p>\n

\"facebookgenesis1\"<\/center>
\"facebookgenesis2\"<\/center> <\/p>\n\n

5. Satan’s Facebook<\/a> (PC World)<\/h3>\n\n

From a provocative friend’s list to the subtle use of “the number of the beast”, PC World outdid themselves with this fictional Facebook page for the Antichrist himself.<\/p>\n

\"satanfacebook\"<\/center> <\/p>\n\n

Recommended Facebook Fakers<\/h3>\n\n

Still not gotten your fill of Facebook fakes? There are many more great Facebook page parodies that didn’t make the list:<\/p>\n

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1. PC World’s “Facebook Pages We’d Like to See<\/a>“<\/strong> – You’ll notice two of the above images are from PC World. That’s because, as we discovered today, PC World created a set of 9 hilarious “fake Facebooks” for April Fools Day 2009. Those not highlighted here include Elvis, William Shakespeare and Andy Warhol.<\/p>\n

2. Jesus’ Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong> – What if Jesus used Facebook? This irreverent parody – of unknown origin – attempts to imagine what might have been.<\/p>\n

3. Facebook Passover<\/a><\/strong> – We’re unsure what to make of this, a retelling of the story of the Jews’ Exodus from Egypt\u2026.all in Facebook updates. Alas, we don’t know this creation’s origin either.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Are there any other faux Facebook pages we might have missed? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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