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Betty White SNL

And Now: Facebook Group Campaigns for Betty White as Academy Awards Host

Not content with merely getting Betty White a gig hosting SNL — and seemingly indifferent to the fact that she called them (and all Facebook users) “losers” — White’s victory-drunk Facebook supporters have seized upon a new and overweening goal: Getting her to host the Academy Awards.

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Betty White Is Not Enchanted With Facebook: The Internet Kinda Agrees

Betty White’s highly anticipated stint as the host of Saturday Night Live aired last night, and the lovely young lady had some thanks for the community that put here there: Facebook.

But I really have to thank Facebook. When I first heard about the campaign to get me to host Saturday Night Live I didn’t know what Facebook was. And now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.

I would never say the people on it are losers. But that’s only because I’m polite.

It’s uh, much more funny and endearing when she says it. Video from the folks at Mediaite after the jump.

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When Facebook Campaigns Actually Work: Betty White to Host SNL

As buzzy and new media coverage-friendly as Facebook campaigns can be, their track record for bringing about actual change is rather spotty: The online world tends to be set in its ways (see: the myriad as-yet unsuccessful Facebook campaigns to add an official “Unlike” button), but the outside world is slow to respond to Facebook petitions.

But now, score one little but sweet victory for Facebook campaigners: Delightful 88-year-old comedienne Betty White is going to host SNL, thanks in large measure to a Facebook petition called “Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!” with close to 500,000 fans.

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