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It's hard to make close friends on Facebook, study says
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It's hard to make close friends on Facebook, study says
Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2007 | 1:36 PM ET
CBC News
Social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace aren't expanding people's circles of close friends, but they are creating plenty of meaningless relationships, according to British researchers.
A study of the sites revealed that while many users have hundreds or even thousands of acquaintances on their accounts, their core group of close friends is still unchanged at around five people. However, weak ties among people around the globe are rising exponentially, said Will Reader, an evolutionary psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University, at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
The online study used a questionnaire and, based on the first 200 responses, found that close friendships were formed through in-person meetings in an overwhelming 90 per cent of cases.
"Face-to-face contact is a requirement for intimate friendships," he told the conference. "There are many emotional cues that people give face to face, such as smiling and laughing, which are impossible to fake, whereas online it is easy to say, 'You are wonderful, I love you.' "
A previous study done at the University of Liverpool found that most people have an average of 150 acquaintances in their social network yet also maintain a small core group of friends, which may indicate limitations on the human brain.
Reader said there are "good evolutionary reasons" why core friendship groups are so small. Making friendships means investing time and even money in another person, in which case face-to-face contact is invaluable so that people can see whether their investment is worthwhile. On the internet, it is "very easy to be deceptive" he said.
Social networking sites are, however, giving rise to a group of people known as friend collectors, who add little-known acquaintances just for the sake of having a large number of contacts on their profile. This allows people to "collect friends like boys collect Airfix models."
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NO FUCKING SHIT!
Another brilliant study brought to us by Dr. Moron over at the Institute for the Obvious.
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| Originally posted by jennypie NO FUCKING SHIT! Another brilliant study brought to us by Dr. Moron over at the Institute for the Obvious. |
lol @ friend collectors.
True.
But facebook and other similar means can help build a relationship. Obviously face-to-face contact is a necessity in any important relationship, however they can help.
I've made several friends that I would consider close through facebook. I may have met them informally through a third party and later added them through facebook. I then began talking to them on a more regular basis and became closer to those ppl and felt like I knew them next time I met them face-to-face.
Without facebook, I may not have developped these friendships.
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| Originally posted by exstasie True. But facebook and other similar means can help build a relationship. Obviously face-to-face contact is a necessity in any important relationship, however they can help. I've made several friends that I would consider close through facebook. I may have met them informally through a third party and later added them through facebook. I then began talking to them on a more regular basis and became closer to those ppl and felt like I knew them next time I met them face-to-face. Without facebook, I may not have developped these friendships. |
there was this one girl at my school that had around 600 friends and i asked one day, do you even talk to all of them? she replied with yeah I do. But that was obviously bullshit
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| Originally posted by exstasie True. But facebook and other similar means can help build a relationship. Obviously face-to-face contact is a necessity in any important relationship, however they can help. I've made several friends that I would consider close through facebook. I may have met them informally through a third party and later added them through facebook. I then began talking to them on a more regular basis and became closer to those ppl and felt like I knew them next time I met them face-to-face. Without facebook, I may not have developped these friendships. |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL and you poke more friends online than you do in person now too right |
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| Originally posted by jennypie NO FUCKING SHIT! Another brilliant study brought to us by Dr. Moron over at the Institute for the Obvious. |
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| Originally posted by exstasie I never saw the point of the Poke... |
Honestly Facebook rules so fucking hard, I can't imagine life without it.
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A study of the sites revealed that while many users have hundreds or even thousands of acquaintances on their accounts, their core group of close friends is still unchanged at around five people. However, weak ties among people around the globe are rising exponentially, said Will Reader, an evolutionary psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University, at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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| Originally posted by jon jon Honestly Facebook rules so fucking hard, I can't imagine life without it. |
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| Originally posted by kaniz People are far too loose with the term Friendship IMO. I have many acquaintances, but only a handful of friends that I truly care about and would help them with anything if they needed/asked - and quite frankly, I'd rather keep it that way. |
for fckn sure. i totally look forward to coming home and checkin to see if any of my friends gave me online attention. who needs face-to-face when u got face-t-screen action goin on... seen?
ahh so many friends, so many pokes
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| Originally posted by kaniz Thanks for the obvious, but really - how different is this from "real life" |
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| Originally posted by kaniz People are far too loose with the term Friendship IMO. I have many acquaintances, but only a handful of friends that I truly care about and would help them with anything if they needed/asked - and quite frankly, I'd rather keep it that way. |
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| Originally posted by dEsidEL man, stop being so obvious that this is obvious! |
I met this broad once who does Facebook.. she should do facedown if you know what I mean
- Lennypie
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| Originally posted by jennypie NO FUCKING SHIT! Another brilliant study brought to us by Dr. Moron over at the Institute for the Obvious. |
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| Originally posted by Spin Laden I met this broad once who does Facebook.. she should do facedown if you know what I mean - Lennypie |
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| Originally posted by jennypie NO FUCKING SHIT! Another brilliant study brought to us by Dr. Moron over at the Institute for the Obvious. |
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| Originally posted by Nata jenny if u had facebook id constantly poke u! lol |
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