My Baby Toe is On Facebook: The Economics of Oversharing

You are now entering the Facebook profile of my Baby Toe.

My Baby Toe is currently recovering from a case of fungus. He resides in Riverview Florida, where he enjoys a scenic view. His past life includes a brief stint at Kforce. Hobbies include: swimming, eating, and torturing those two pesky housecats. Mood: friendly. Age: Approx 3. Species: Beta Fish.

After Digg's Kevin Rose's cold rang up over 1200 followers on Twitter in one day, and people began subscribing to the twitter stream of this lady's cats, I figured all my "Facebook Friends", including family members, the people I work with, went to grammar school with, and don't even really know would want to know about the musings of our pet beta fish, right?

You thought I was talking about my ACTUAL baby toe? Gotcha.

Are these examples of creative uses of new media at their best or oversharing meets boredom at its worst? I'll let you be the judge.