South Park Facebook episode skewers social networking

This season, South Park has been absolutely on target. Not only was the Tiger Woods simply hilarious, on Wednesday, the South Park Facebook episode ("You Have 0 Friends") was on the mark about what makes social networking sites like Facebook truly an annoyance.It's not as though the Facebook updates many see upon logging into their accounts nowadays are all that impressive, anyway. Lately, the updates we see are mostly about Farmville.

Seriously, however, the amount of pressure applied to those who eschew social networking is so much, that (as noted in the South Park Facebook episode), many simply giving up after realizing that it takes less time to "submit to the masses" than it does to refuse to join.There's also the fear that your parents might notice your Facebook page, and ask to be added as a friend. That's what happens to Stan, and his dad is upset when he refuses to add him. "Aren't I your friend?"Then, of course, your friends will harangue you to make sure you update your profile. Don't stick with your default profile. "Wait, I'm your girlfriend, but you haven't updated your relationship status???? Are you cheating on me?" Sigh.Friend the wrong person and people start to ignore you. And hey, real-life face-to-face friendship is not good enough. "Please, be my friend on Facebook! Help my farm!"Then there's the great part when Stan tries to delete his Facebook account. He gets sucked into Facebook in an homage to Tron, the old movie about a video game designer who gets sucked into a video game virtual world.
The South Park Facebook episode isn't about just that site, either. They also lampoon Chatroulette as well, in a hilarious set of connections that show only penises to Kyle.