Life How Many Facebook Friends Do You Have? Study Links Narcissism and Facebook Activity - Page 4

**Donger** · 03-21-2012, 01:38 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blog...-abc-news.html

For the average narcissist, Facebook is tool that may promote anti-social behavior.

Facebook "offers a gateway for hundreds of shallow relationships and emotionally detached communication," according to study by Western Illinois University professor Christopher Carpenter.

The study was published this month in Personality and Individual Differences, the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences.

In the study, Carpenter defined narcissism as "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and an exaggerated sense of self-importance," according to a press release from the university.

Using a Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Carpenter and his students surveyed 292 people - most of whom were college students - to measure "self-promoting" Facebook behavior, such as people posting status updates, their photos, updating profile information; as well as "anti-social behaviors," including seeking social support more than providing it, getting angry when others do not comment on status updates and retaliating against negative comments.

People who score higher on the inventory promoted themselves more on Facebook - by tagging themselves and updating their newsfeeds more frequently, and by having more friends on Facebook, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper.

The study concluded that grandiose exhibitionism correlated with anti-social behavior on Facebook. Self-esteem was negatively related to self-promotion and anti-social behaviors on the site.

"In general, the 'dark side' of Facebook requires more research in order to better understand Facebook's socially beneficial and harmful aspects in order to enhance the former and curtail the latter," Carpenter said.

Social media sites, particularly Facebook and Twitter, have long been criticized for being vehicles for meaningless relationships, and have recently been mentioned in connection with making bullying easier and more pervasive.

listopencil · 03-21-2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Literature

I have 1739 friends.

That's not surprising.

Jenson71 · 03-21-2012, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil

That's not surprising.

I actually don't have facebook.

I do have three pinterests accounts though.

crispystl · 03-21-2012, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoover

1083 FB friends
4967 followers on Twitter.

Damn, how did you get so many followers?

seclark · 03-21-2012, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

That is why I enjoy it, our family is spread from coast to coast. You can drop in on them a little, get a feel for what is going on, then leave.

same here...beats the hell out of talking to some of them on the phone, or in person.
that "log out" feature is sweet.
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seclark · 03-21-2012, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Literature

I actually don't have facebook.

I do have three pinterests accounts though.

what the hell is pinterests? i've noticed my wife and several other old ladies are starting to really get into it.
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Dr. Johnny Fever · 03-21-2012, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Creighton McBluejayer

I try to keep my friend list to around 100, it's overdue for some pruning right now. What I don't get is the people that send friend requests, and then you never hear another ****ing thing from them. That drives me nuts more than the attention whores.

They're trying to push their numbers up because it makes them feel good. They don't actually care about who they have as friends, it's the number that matters.

I had roughly 130 friends when I decided 128 of them annoyed the **** out of me and deleted my page. Every now and then one of them will say hey I haven't seen you on fb much lately and I tell them yeah I haven't had a page in 2 years. For some reason the subsequent look of confusion and the "oh" I get amuses me more than anything they ever said on fb.

That said, I think fb is a fantastic tool for businesses and we use it a lot for that.

Btw great username

Jenson71 · 03-21-2012, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

what the hell is pinterests? i've noticed my wife and several other old ladies are starting to really get into it.
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I can't quite figure it out. I think each individual user has their own board, and they put pictures of clothes, recipes, and quotes in some sort of organized, decorative fashion, and then comment on other people's boards.

seclark · 03-21-2012, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Literature

I can't quite figure it out. I think each individual user has their own board, and they put pictures of clothes, recipes, and quotes in some sort of organized, decorative fashion, and then comment on other people's boards.

crazy. i'm on my way over there right now.
thanks,
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Dr. Johnny Fever · 03-21-2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

crazy. i'm on my way over there right now.
thanks,
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(assuming that was sarcasm)

Trevo_410 · 03-21-2012, 06:11 PM

I'm 19, facebook is ****in gay as hell imo..

03-21-2012, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Braincase

Oh, and a few nutjobs I know from bulletin boards.

Hahahahahahaha - guilty.

03-21-2012, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevo_410

I'm 19, facebook is ****in gay as hell imo..

You're hanging out on ChiefsPlanet with about 2000 dudes who are scratching their balls right now.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 03-21-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

You're hanging out on ChiefsPlanet with about 2000 dudes who are scratching their balls right now.

Were you looking in my window again dammit?!

Pablo · 03-21-2012, 06:29 PM

349.

A ton of people I met in college and don't really talk to anymore and/or only partied with.

I hide people like it's going out of style though. Attention whores are immediately deleted from my feed and I subscribe to the interesting friends I have.

Pablo · 03-21-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevo_410

I'm 19,

We all already inferred this from your posting style.

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