Did you know that you can't have more than 5,000 friends on Facebook? Probably not, because who actually has 5,000 friends? I think I've got about 10 friends in real life, but when I was a good ole Facebook member I had upwards of 1,000 friends. A little bit creepy, even for me.
As per usual when thumbing through the New York Times this Sunday I came across an article relating to Facebook titled, Are 5,001 Facebook Friends One Too Many? by Aimee Lee Ball. Care to guess what the it's about?
Even Facebook knows that someone who has 5,000 Facebook friends may be a bit of a creep. Although those are not the words they use, I know that's what their thinking. To me, when you have 5,000 friends, you are basically just collecting friends the same way you collected baseball cards in the 2nd grade.
According to Roger Fransecky, a clinical psychologist, when you friend someone you are "sustaining an illusion of closeness in a complex world of partial attention." So you're telling me that your Facebook friends aren't really your real friends? Shocker!
From fake friendships to winning the ultimate popularity contest, Ball covers all the bases pertaining to the wacky world of Facebook. To read more click the link below.
Are 5,001 Facebook Friends One Too Many?
