He dropped from 3rd richest bastard to 6th richest bastard. Mussolini Bezos is still on top. Wags pointed out that with the money Zucky lost, he could've bought 6 major league baseball teams.
People don't like Facebook. They're not thrilled with him either, or the rest of the Internet punks who are nothing but greedheads and hypocrites. One nice thing I can say for Zucky's Facebook is that they don't generally allow nudity. Unlike Google or eBay, they don't play the "well, say you're 18 and you can see" game. Type in NAKED or NUDE on eBay and any 12 year-old becomes more of an expert in sex than Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
Facebook does have the same lame DMCA policies, though. If somebody's selling bootlegs, running a "members only" weasel group...they look the other way.
Facebook, people eventually realize, is just a terrible invasion of privacy. The potential for disaster is, to use a Presidential term, "bigly." Identity theft and general nosy jerks would make any sane person proceed with caution. The number of scams, the possibility of bullying, and the presence of an insane number of "networking" dimwits who want you to buy their worthless junk, is staggering.
I checked the 16 women who appear in my book "Sweethearts of 60's TV." I wondered how many would want to open themselves up to identity theft, or allow their "fans" to get chummy and familiar with them ("how are you today, Milday..." "...when I come to L.A. I'd love to buy you dinner..." "...I have a great script for you, my Goddess..."). How many would not want to stay a STAR, and untouchable, and instead be one of the hustling rabble with "look at me" posts and a strange need, after all the years of fame and fortune, to connect with dregs and dipshits and total loser-strangers sitting in basements around the world.
First off, 6 of my 16 are dead. In other words, they'd rather be DEAD than be on Facebook.
That's: Mary Tyler moore, Anne Francis, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ev a Gabor, Donna Douglas and Judy Carne.
Marlo Thomas? She hasn't posted for a year, and doesn't want 5,000 yahoos bothering her. She has plenty to do.
Goldie Hawn? Likewise. She has the "Goldie Hawn Foundation" which she'd like people to know about, but she also does NOT have a full 5,000 jerky "friends" she's proud of, and doesn't need to answer dopey questions from 50 year-old obese virgins. Or, virgins as far as women are concerned.
One of the irritating things about FACEBOOK, is that they do NOTHING about frauds and idiots who adopt a celebrity's name for an assortment of bizarre reasons. But this is FACEBOOK, where they do nothing about people "networking" by clicking "with" and making sure all of their friends' friends have to read their crap about "I've got a new self-published book," and "hear my shitty song on Bandcamp" and "Listen to my PODCAST." FACEBOOK also does little about jerks "friending" thousands of people and then blitzing everybody with knockoff Ray-Ban ads.
My two Gilligan's Island girls are on FACEBOOK, but they keep their fans at arms length. Maybe they're REALLY sick of "I'd love to rescue you" and "I wish I was a palm leaf you were wearing" creepy Internet flirting. Tina did encounter identity problems:
I wasn't expecting Tina to be on FACEBOOK at all, but I think she figures that as long as she DOES keep everyone at ARMS LENGTH, and posts something to let people know she's in good health (most of the Sweethearts of 60's TV are now in their 80's after all), that's ok.
On the matter of letting people know you're ok, but NOT wanting 5,000 or more assholes drooling over you, she and her one-time co-star Dawn Wells are in agreement. Dawn does go to memorabilia shows and events, but does NOT monkey around on FACEBOOK much:
AND THEN THERE WERE...SIX.
Two of the 60's stars are STILL very popular: SALLY FIELD and DIANA RIGG. Do you think they need FACEBOOK? Want FACEBOOK? LIKE HELL.
You also won't find anything on Stefanie Powers or Barbara Feldon. People change. It may seem impossible, but SOME celebrities not only get old, but their appreciation for empty-headed flattery gets old, too. They don't get a buzz over being recognized and having their time wasted by some nostalgic nobody. They have other issues in their lives, and if they bother to autograph some item by mail, or stop and tolerate a cellphone shot as they leave a restaurant, that's PLENTY.
You'll find fakery, idiocy, people with nothing to do wearing star drag, but you won't find the real thing. Type in STEFANIE POWERS and you get typical time-wasting Internet twits being a waste of space and bandwidth:
AND THEN THERE WERE...TWO.
Barbara Eden rarely posts on FACEBOOK. Once in a while her manager will remind fans that they can buy a poster or something if they visit the website.
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE.
AH, FACEBOOK. Where some fanboys do get the opportunity to constantly get noticed by constantly commenting on every post. Where an assortment of strangers can, without spending money on a stamp or taking the time to find an address, instantly be on the same level as somebody famous. "Think she reads all this drivel, and doesn't use a secretary?" "You bet she reads everything. She'll even toss down a LIKE or a little compliment!" And if you want to flirt, pitch a project, ask to do a God-awful photo shoot, call attention, or just rave on and on...go right ahead.
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