Study reveals how many Facebook friends are real – Herald Tribune

Certainly, the social network that has evolved from the technology market to meet people, make friends and share experiences in real time. Facebook, it has become the means by which users have hundreds of friends, even unknown in person. But how many are true friends ?, as Oxford , virtual friends are counted

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Robin Dunbar , social networking analyst, did some work with researchers from the University of Oxford . They bequeathed to the conclusion that only an average of 150 friends on Facebook, they are the ones actually one would come to tell you a problem.

After interviews with the British, more sociable Facebook , indicate that young people, especially women, would increase the growth of such real friends 15% of your contacts.

According to reports the site 20 minutes , the analyst maintains its position that social networks, apart from getting friends, not much different from real life, where acquaintances who never become true friends are dozens.