Facebook Friends

Do people use Facebook to stay connected to their friends or are they simply broadcasting their lives to an outer tier of acquaintances? facebook. Male Facebook user with 500 friends Average female Facebook user has 120 friends 500 user has 120 friends 500 120 Friends who users have two-way communication with, such as e-mails or chats Facebook Users Friends whos postings users generally respond to that people track more passively. Even those Facebook users with the most friends "What mainly goes up is not the core Friends network but the number of casual contacts communicate only with a relatively small number of them". 26 17 10 -16 10 Source: http://www.economist.com/node/13176775 Female Facebook user with 500 friends 120 Average male Facebook