Interview with Cindy Clark Hudson, Facebook Superstar.

1. When did you join facebook? I think it was sometime in 2008. I signed up at same time as MySpace, and immediately HATED MS, so didn’t use my fb account for awhile. I think my first post was beginning of 2009.

2. When did you decide to try to reach the 5000 friend mark? Beginning of 2010 I made a public effort to hit 1000, and then kept adding. At beginning of 2011, I think I was about 3500-4000, and decided that 5000 was an achievable goal.

3. What was your inspiration for it? To reach 5000. Simple as that:) Actually, what I would usually tell people who asked, is that I really do have more fun with more friends on facebook. So I figure I’d have the MOST fun with 5000 :) All this other stuff, that has come after, was not expected.

4. Where did you come up with the idea for posting advice questions? In the past there was a thing going around where people would post that they were being COMPLETELY honest for the next 24 hours and that friends should inbox them with any question and they’d answer it. I reluctantly posted, and had fun answering the questions. The weird thing that happened, is that I had a few friends basically ask me advice, honest advice. So, when the honesty thing made its rounds again, it got me to thinking, maybe EVERYONE wants to answer these questions. Why keep the “have you ever sharted?” and “who should I date?” questions to myself. :)

5. Do you think it's odd that on TV people can't hear other people arguing in the next room 5 feet away? Not at all, I am a mother. My own children can’t hear me yelling for them to pick up their shoes from 6 inches away

6. What is your favorite advice request so far? I think, in general, the ones where the person is really hurting, and needing an honest opinion about their situation. And then my friends rise to the challenge, and reach out the anonymous friend with support and knowledge. I had one friend who posted about a “friend” who was married to a child molester, and was struggling with still caring about him, and what to tell the kids when he was released. It broke my heart, especially when the poster then told me it was her. A few weeks later I realized that I had an old friend who had been in her position, and I made sure they connected. Just so she knew she wasn’t alone.

7. Captain Steve and Tommy Lang can be brutally honest at times, were you scared to go on KCJJ? Terrified. I am a long time listener of the station. Listened to Don & Mike in the afternoons while pregnant with my oldest, and now my schedule is such that I listen to the mornings a lot. So, I know how Capt Steve is. I know he is rough on people he doesn’t like, and I always assume not everyone is going to like me. AND, he had recently unfriended me on FB, so there was a real possibility that he didn’t. But, they put me immediately at ease, and I now really look forward to my Wednesday morning on air threesome. I like to think I can be brutally honest too, but I do try to temper that by thinking of the feelings of others, and trying to put myself in another’s shoes, before just going off on them. Usually. So I think we all balance each other out. However, I do always assume that the current segment is my last, because I never know, lol.
To see Cindy live go to www.1630KCJJ.com and click on the "raw" link. Wednesday mornings, you will have fun, I promise.

8. You are so honest and open on facebook that a lot of my standard questions have already been answered. Want to use this spot to pimp some favorite local places?
Hmm, Lorenz 2.0 shoe store, of course.

9. Are you recognized by random facebook friends you really haven't met on the streets yet? Over the last year, a handful of times I’ve had maybe 5 or 6 people (if that) come up and tell me hi. It is a small community, really, the chances of me running into fb friends are large. I only get annoyed when I find out someone saw me and didn’t introduce themselves to me :) I will say, that I have been TRYING to be on my best behavior lately, just because I know that someone may know me now, and I don’t want them posting on my wall that they saw me acting like a douche somewhere.

10. How do you feel about ducks? Anti-duck. Unless they come with a side of cheesy rice.

11. Why do you hate ducks? LOL, several reasons. ex was a hunter, and i tend to like what my boy likes, so we ended up with nine million mallard themed things in the house. and also, duck sex is duck gang rape, or so i've been told. ick.