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Too Much of a Good Thing? The Relationship Between Number of Friends and Interpersonal Impressions on Facebook

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Tong, Stephanie Tom, Van Der Heide, Brandon, Langwell, Lindsey, Walther, Joseph B.·2008·Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

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A central feature of the online social networking system, Facebook, is the connection to and links among friends. The sum of the number of one’s friends is a feature displayed on users’ profiles as a vestige of the friend connections a user has accrued. In contrast to offline social networks, individuals in online network systems frequently accrue friends numbering several hundred. The uncertain meaning of friend status in these systems raises questions about whether and how sociometric popularity conveys attractiveness in non-traditional, non-linear ways. An experiment examined the relationship between the number of friends a Facebook profile featured and observers’ ratings of attractiveness and extraversion. A curvilinear effect of sociometric popularity and social attractiveness emerged, as did a quartic relationship between friend count and perceived extraversion. These results suggest that an overabundance of friend connections raises doubts about Facebook users’ popularity and desirability.

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Authors: Tong, S. T., Van Der Heide, B., Langwell, L., & Walther, J. B.
Affiliations: Michigan State University (US)
ORCID: Tong, Stephanie Tom
Walther, Joseph B.
Venue: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2008-04
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Pages: 531-549
ISSN: 1083-6101 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00409.x
OpenAlex: W2151274814
Cited by: 732
References: 42
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 56 · 2015: 71 · 2014: 71 · 2013: 70 · 2012: 72
FWCI: 134.93
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 2709 d)
Locations: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords: Facebook, sociometric popularity, perceived attractiveness, online social networking, social impressions, curvilinear effects

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