Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Popularity On Facebook Makes People Think You're Attractive

Posted by Unknown on from the gaze-upon-my-socially-networked-glory dept.

RichDiesal writes "In an upcoming issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, researchers conducted an experiment on the impact of the number of Facebook friends a person has on impression formation. When viewing modified Facebook profiles (all with the same profile picture and an experimentally controlled number of friends), people rated profiles with lots of Facebook friends as more physically attractive, more socially attractive, more approachable, and more extroverted. Since potential employers look at Facebook profiles these days, perhaps it's time to hire some Facebook friends."

4 of 116 comments (clear)

  1. So sad and pathetic by john_uy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's so sad and pathetic that the metric being used by people is amount of Facebook "friends".

    --
    Live your life each day as if it was your last.
    1. Re:So sad and pathetic by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Welcome to the real world.

      --
      No sig today...
    2. Re:So sad and pathetic by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Sad and pathetic is the proper way to explain anyone working in HR looking at Facebook profiles for hiring.

      --
      Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
  2. Re:no Facebook by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Quite the opposite, some months ago people looked at me oddly when I said I have no FB account, now they just nod sagely and mutter something about "prolly better...".

    FB is the new cigarettes, I'd say. It used to be cool, but now everyone who started when it was cool wishes they hadn't.

    --
    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.