Sunday, 22 January 2012
American woman traveled around the worldto meet her 325 Facebook friends, NEWSMENhas learned.Prior to the trip, 51-year-old ArLynn Presserhas never left her town, in fact, she hardlyleft her home. She spent most of her timeonline chatting with her Facebook friends.But on 31st of Dec, 2010, she made a NewYear’s resolution to meet all 325 of herFacebook friends in person. She called herproject “Face to Facebook”For a person who was terrified of flying andcould never get on a plane before, this wascertainly a daunting task. In the end, she dida great job, traveling over 13 countries andtaking over 39 flights.By the end of 2011, she had met 292friends, about 90% of what she hadintended to. ArLynn had been to Taiwan,Korea, Philippines, Dubai, Italy, Malaysia,Ireland, England, Germany and four othercountries.A few of her Facebook friends weren’t keenon her idea of meeting them, so theyunfriended or blocked her, 18 peopleignored her repeated requests to meet, twowere profiles of pets, and five people hadpassed away.
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