Fauxcial

A fake social networking friend. Someone who adds you as a friend whom you have never met.

Dudelarse, I'm not going to add him as a friend. I don't like have any fauxcials.

by lallydoodle October 3, 2008

fauxcial

Forcing oneself to appear to be social in order to survive society.

Despite my social inadequacies, I have learned to communicate with people when I have to. I'm not very social, but I'm great at being fauxcial.

by Gleasonator January 27, 2012

Fauxcial Media

Contrived, inauthentic or misleading use of social media resources such as online communities, blogs, Twitter profiles, Wikipedia entries, Facebook pages, etc. to manipulate or to create a false or misleading perception of a company, organization, candidate or cause.

Fauxcial Media is the "Web 2.0" equivalent of atroturfing i.e., the creation of fake grassroots campaigns in PR/Public Relations.

WHAT CONSTITUTES FAUXCIAL MEDIA:

• Businesses pretending to be bloggers.
• Businesses pretending to be journalists.
• Businesses pretending to be “Joe Blow” in order to flog their products in blog comments.

(Bullet points courtesy of marketingexperimentsblog.com)

EXAMPLES OF FAUXCIAL MEDIA:

- Cisco's Human Network - wrote all Cisco-related Wikipedia entries; had vloggers try to write about the Human Network. Got themselves to #2 in Google organic search

- Whole Foods CEO John Mackey used an alias to ding detractors on forums

- "Wal-Marting Across America" used a real journalist and real photographer, but set them up as simply Wal-Mart fans, traveling across America, parking their RV at Wal-Mart parking lots.

(Examples courtesy of Scott Monty - http://www.scottmonty.com/2008/03/suxorz-worst-social-media-of-2007.html)

by Michael J. Russell January 12, 2009

Anti-fauxcial

One who rejects or has no part in social networking of any kind. A person who denounces the culture of online virtual friend harvesting as a means to define their capacity to be social. A die hard anti social networker. Typically someone who has a significant number of quality friendships with actual people. May also avoid social networking because of technophobia or because they enjoy being contrary. See also. "fauxmigo".

Sharmaine refuses to even create a Facebook page. She's too busy with her REAL friends and militantly proud of being anti-fauxcial. Don't even try to ask her to be your farm buddy.

by TheSquidGirl June 15, 2010

fauxcialite

fake socialite. not to be confused with socialite this person is known to be a part of fashionable high society because of his or her regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained, normally socialites posses considerable wealth, but in all actuality they are poor, low to no class people that who have friends in high places.

socialite: did you hear that tiffany isnt actually rich she's been faking this whole time.
maid: so she's a fauxcialite.
socialite: exactly now fetch me something to drink, consuela.

by mcbillions May 4, 2009

fauxcializing

The act of socializing with others through the computer, as opposed to seeing them face to face.

Christian spends so much time fauxcializing on facebook that he hardly ever comes out for drinks anymore.

by Brendan Medina May 28, 2008

fauxialite

An attractive young woman who lives beyond her means as a way to ape a lifestyle yet above her reach.

A fauxialite is not a barfly, she is far worse.

by Sharpie McAsian October 23, 2005