EphraimAdamz Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The Facebook obsession of amassing 'friends' creates the impression that some users are wildly more sociable than others. But while we may be able to count 5,000 friends on the online social networking site, scientists have shown that humans' brains are capable of managing a maximum of just 150 friendships. Oxford University Professor Robin Dunbar has conducted a study of social groupings throughout the centuries, from neolithic villages to modern office environments. His findings, based on his theory 'Dunbar's number', developed in the 1990s, asserts that size of the part of the brain used for conscious thought and language, the neocortex, limits us to managing 150 friends, no matter how sociable we are. The professor of Evolutionary Anthropology has applied this theory to see if the 'Facebook effect' has stretched the size of social groupings. He compared the online 'traffic' of people with thousands and friends to those with hundreds. His findings show that there is no discernible difference between the two. 'The interesting thing is that you can have 1,500 friends but when you actually look at traffic on sites, you see people maintain the same inner circle of around 150 people that we observe in the real world,' said Dunbar. 'People obviously like the kudos of having hundreds of friends but the reality is that they’re unlikely to be bigger than anyone else’s.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245684/5-000-friends-Facebook-Scientists-prove-150-cope-with.html#ixzz22ryJs2D4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 well obviously not everyone is friends with alll of his or her facebook friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I only have about 250 friends on fb and I've have done form of contact with them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I only have about 250 friends on fb and I've have done form of contact with them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I have most of you heauxs on Facebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I only have about 250 friends on fb and I've have done form of contact with them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have 118 friends. lol The only one of y'all I have on Facebook is Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 The only one of y'all I have on Facebook is Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Was there a Facebook exchange I missed out on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Was there a Facebook exchange I missed out on? I just didn't know you had Facebook . You hardly use Twitter . Add me heauxdem . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimAdamz Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have about 1,000 friends and have met everyone at least once. I'm only saying that I met them, I don't know them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have 118 friends. lol The only one of y'all I have on Facebook is Paul. :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I just didn't know you had Facebook . You hardly use Twitter . Add me heauxdem . I hardly use Facebook either. I have all my shit hidden. I think I need to make a new Twitter account so I can be messy. :wub: I'm ready for your visit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.omner Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have to say that 95% of my Facebook friends are people that I have personal connections with in the past or present time. I feel so bad that I cannot connect with them more often than I would like. A lot of them tell me that they can catch up with me by reading my tweets or what I'm currently doing on Facebook. Sometimes it's a win win, sometimes you want that personal connection of seeing each other in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I have about 1,000 friends and have met everyone at least once. I'm only saying that I met them, I don't know them We never met Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EphraimAdamz Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 We never met we cousins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I hardly use Facebook either. I have all my shit hidden. I think I need to make a new Twitter account so I can be messy. Me too, more than you could know lol I'm ready for your visit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungeon Dragon Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 NO SHIT SHERLOCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.