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OKAY OKAY OKAY, first a disclaimer.
All these auctions were for charidee, which justifies the outlandish amounts of money spent… nearly.
Jon Bon Jovi
“Have a nice day”, could be something JBJ might have said after a fan paid over €28,000 to meet him at one of his shows. That Slane show seems cheap by comparison. (Eric Reed/AP/Press Association Images)
Anna Wintour
Someone else paid nearly €22,000 to go to a single show at New York’s Fashion Week with none other than the editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour. All that money to be told you have terrible fashion sense… (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Mike Tyson
Someone else spent €22,000 to watch a boxing match… with Mike Tyson. The same Mike Tyson who bit part of Evander Holyfield’s ear off. Nothing to be worried about there so… (Carlo Allegri/AP/Press Association Images)
Celine Dion
Nearly €23,000 would get you two tickets to see Celine Dion play Caesars Palace in Los Vegas. If that wasn’t enough (it really, really should be) the person even got to meet her afterwards. A two-night stay in a luxury suite was also included – the perfect amount of time to recover. (Frank Augstein/AP/Press Association Images)
Diddy
Who doesn’t want a one-hour meeting with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? Okay, you can put your hands down now. After spending the first ten minutes going through a timeline of his different monikers and asking ‘why’ repeatedly, you could use the remaining 50 minutes lamenting the loss of the near €24,000 you paid for the unique opportunity. (TAMMIE ARROYO/AFF/EMPICS Entertainment)
Bono
Ok, we really need you to sit down for this one.VIP seats for a U2 show – check. The chance to meet Mr Bono backstage – check. A signed guitar – check. Paying nearly €161,000 for the privilege – cheque. (Markus Schreiber/AP/Press Association Images)
And finally…
Bill Clinton
Someone paid just over €61,000 to spend a day with Bill Clinton in New York City. In other news, this person probably had the best day of their lives hanging out with the ex-POTUS. (Gene J. Puskar/AP/Press Association Images)
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A whole 168 people? Seems legit.
164 in fact. And was probably carried out on their facebook page.
The way that this survey is misleading. It’s fairly impossible to initiate contact with somebody via email unless you know their address. It would trying to guess their mobile number. Facebook is similar to a directory so you have the advantage of looking them up. So of course Facebook will trump email on first contact.
Must people I know – and I’m not a student – don’t "email" on Facebook but will chat. Email is still a primary channel of communication.
Yes, 168 is far from a realistic sample size to start drawing conclusions and issuing statements.
No one in my year sends emails, most only have an email to be able to use Facebook/social networking sites. 95-100% of my year have a Facebook.
The expression “no shit sherlock” springs to mind
What is this “email” of which you speak?
Interesting. I would have thought that students would have been encouraged to have a linked in page set up in order for them to acquire employment.
Any one on Google yet?
I think what the survey is highlighting is what Brian mentioned above. If you look for someone on facebook you will most likely find them and have a profile photo to hopefully verify you have the correct person. Even if you preform a google search on a name, facebook results are usually within the top 5 links
The same can be said for Linkedin
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