Un-friendly Facebook for Perdue

Gov. Beverly Perdue, who often talks up the virtues of technology, is seeing the ups and downs of it on Facebook.

Perdue has her own page with more than 3,600 "supporters," but her posting of photos that included Perdue getting a flu shot last week drew more comments from detractors than admirers.

Within minutes of Perdue -- okay, one of her staff -- putting up the photos, eight commenters had checked in. Two, and possibly three, cheered her on: "Thank you, Governor Perdue, for all you are doing to make North Carolinians even safer!," wrote Gene Davis, of Raleigh.

The other five quips were less charitable, including Terry Smith's: "Be even better if you would stop spending money that the state doesn't have. don't do anymore backdoor dealing like the lottery thing please be for once open and honest."

Dana Weber Kincaid chided Perdue for getting a free flu shot, griping that Kincaid's kids can't get theirs for free until October, though she could pay and get them now.