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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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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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- Tong, S. T., Van Der Heide, B., Langwell, L., & Walther, J. B.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
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- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 2008-04
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- 13
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 531-549
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- 1083-6101 (ISSN-L)
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- W2151274814
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- 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
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- Facebook, sociometric popularity, perceived attractiveness, online social networking, social impressions, curvilinear effects
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