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Number of Facebook Friends Linked To Anxiety

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-friends-more-problems dept.

Hugh Pickens writes writes "WebProNews reports that according to a new survey, the more Facebook friends you have, the more likely you are to feel stressed out by the site. 'The results threw up a number of paradoxes,' says Dr Kathy Charles, who led the study. 'For instance, although there is great pressure to be on Facebook there is also considerable ambivalence amongst users about its benefits.' Causes of stress included deleting unwanted contacts, the pressure to be entertaining, and having to use appropriate etiquette for different types of friends. 'Like gambling, Facebook keeps users in a neurotic limbo, not knowing whether they should hang on in there just in case they miss out on something good.'"

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  1. Like Slashdot by dwarfsoft · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Facebook keeps users in a neurotic limbo, not knowing whether they should hang on in there just in case they miss out on something good"

    Just like slashdot. Been here for years and I'm still waiting ;)

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  2. Re:This just in: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    But all the sex I get from it compensate for the stressful life facebook gave me.

  3. Re:Scientific Research Run Amok... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    but I really don't see the value in studying how people use facebook.

    Its an experiment in behavioral psychology. One where the rat gets a shock no matter which lever it presses.

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  4. 100% correlation by joeyblades · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have zero Facebook friends and zero stress about it. QED

    1. Re:100% correlation by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have zero Facebook friends and zero stress about it. QED

      I have you beat! I have zero friends. Period! ;-)

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  5. Re:This just in: by corbettw · · Score: 5, Funny

    This cat. Is it alive or dead?

    Yes.

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