A court in Florida just ruled that your Facebook friends aren't ACTUALLY your real friends. It came up because a judge was ruling on a case where one of the attorneys was her Facebook friend even though they barely knew each other . . . and she successfully argued that it wasn't a conflict of interest.
And an appeals court just sided with her last week, and said that Facebook friends AREN'T your real friends. In the opinion, they wrote, quote, "Acceptance as a Facebook 'friend' may well once have given the impression of close friendship and affiliation. Currently, however, the degree of intimacy among Facebook 'friends' varies greatly."
See the full story from The Miami Herald at the link below
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article168865087.html