The Psychology of Facebook and Social Networking

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What makes Facebook such an attraction? Some theories…

2: Not invited to the party

Facebook also digs away at the insecurities in people. "I have one friend" probably makes some people feel a bit insecure and Billy no-mates. In the deeply insecure, this may be amplified by the lie-awake-at-night worry that your peers can see your profile on Facebook, and while they may have 50, 100, 200 friends they will mockingly see that you have a pathetically small number, confirming your worst fears about the low opinion they have probably held of you over all those years etc.

Yes, Facebook could cause a lot of angst to the paranoid amongst us ;-) ...

full article: http://www.socialcomputingmagazine.com/v...?colid=458