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More Facebook Friends Equals More Stress

Vox Marketing, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:30 AM

If you have a lot of friends on Facebook, you might want to make sure one or two of them practice cardiology. A new study from Edinburgh Napier University, based on a poll of 200 students, suggests the more friends you have on the social network, the greater the levels of stress the site is causing you. The scientists involved concluded the negative effects of Facebook outweigh the benefits of staying in touch with friends and family.

To wit: 12% of respondents, averaging 117 friends each, said the site made them feel anxious. Sixty-three percent said they held off on replying to friend requests. Half that number said such delays made them feel guilty and uncomfortable. Ten percent said they didn't like getting friend requests at all.

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