Facebook friends: quantity over quality?
Today I ran into a post from mid-January over at Facebook Observer that talks about the number of Facebook friends you have.
The part that jumped out at me was this:
Heck, I have more subscribers to this blog, then[sic] I do friends on Facebook. Honestly, I do not buy the quality over quantity bit either. There is power in numbers and having lots of friends never hurts.
It’s a fair point, even if put rather bluntly: having more friends on Facebook is often an advantage. It depends on how you use the site, naturally, and having tons of Facebook friends is not everyone’s goal. For one thing, a “Facebook friend” means something entirely different than a “friend” in real life.
But if you use Facebook as a media funnel, like I know many people do, it’s definitely an advantage to have more friends. You get to share with more people, and more people get to share with you.
What do you think? Is quantity really better than quality in Facebook friends?
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Okay I have 375 friends in facebook, 95% are people I have worked with, gone to school with or
and met at least twice.
Then what? I am not able to keep up with them since I dont have enough time. Why add more on facebook.
Just follow them on twitter if you want a media funnel.
It’s true, Twitter also works as a media funnel, but it’s not so good at birthdays, pictures, and relationship notifications…
I think for the gossip junkie FB is answer, and for people like you (and myself to a certain extent) Twitter may a better place to aggregate.
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