Social media inspires the sublime to the utterly ridiculous, and the latest trend that emerging on Facebook is just utterly ridiculous. A study by eBay (of all institutions), has revealed that people the world over are taking to social networking sites and setting up profile for their pets.

The usual suspects of course get the mass of these profiles and Facebook alone gets a huge number of profiles. According to the study, around 14% of Facebook users maintain a Facebook page for their pets (mainly dogs). But what’s even more hilarious is the fact that 42% of these dogs have between 1 – 25 friends. Another 20% have between 50 – 100 friends. The question I suppose is ‘who on earth befriends a dog on Facebook? Other dogs?

via 14% Of People Have Created Facebook Accounts For Their Dog.