5+Facebook+Fakers

=Facebook Fakers= =Two-faced young frends are faking it = Erin Trimmer and Yahn Kumnick using applications on their iPhones

Research shows image-obsessed mobile phone wielders were prepared to embellish or lie about their activities to boost their credibility among friends.
 * YOUNG people admit to using tools such as Facebook and Twitter to appear "cool" rather than communicate.**

The Telstra survey showed: **ALMOST** half of 18- to 30-year-olds admitted using the Facebook Places "check-in" feature - which allows mobile users at a location such as a bar of cafe to let others know where they are - to make themselves look good **ONE** in 10 regularly fake where they are in a bid to improve their social status **A THIRD** of Gen Ys confessed to downloading quirky iPhone apps designed to be seen by others rather than be actually used **THE** same number admit to claiming Facebook or Twitter posts passed on to friends as their own in an effort to appear clever

**ALMOST** 70 per cent of those surveyed believed their friends use Facebook Places and status updates to appear cooler than they really were. The news comes as mobile phone-maker HTC this week unveiled a Facebook phone sporting a dedicated button offering one-touch access to the social networking site. Telstra consumer executive director Rebekah O'Flaherty said tech-savvy young people were using social networking on their mobiles to help shape their real-life identity. "Australia's love affair with social networking continues to strengthen, with one in four of our customers regularly using their mobiles to access Facebook,'' she said. Young phone users Erin Trimmer and Yahn Kumnick said they have Facebook friends who use services such as Facebook Places to look cool. "I've even stolen icons and images that friends have made and used them on my own Facebook," Erin, 24, said. =We're addicted to smartphones - study =