I'm not sure what the researchers' conclusions are in this study, but mine are: "72% of Facebook users are either incredibly lonely or incredibly stupid or both."
Fictional privacy among Facebook users. The current study involved the creation of a fictional Facebook account with limited information and was designed to assess whether participants would accept the friendship of an ambiguous, unknown person. Results indicated that 325 Facebook members (72% of the sample) willingly accepted the friendship of the unknown individual. Results are discussed in relation to privacy concerns, norms of reciprocity, and allowing access to potentially embarrassing information and/or pictures. http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s14e04-you-have-0-friends <http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s14e04-you-have-0-friends\ >
