Only Two Best Buddies Inspite of Facebook ?

Even though most of us are on facebook and may have innumerable friends on the network, yet we have just one or two best buddies with whom we can bare our hearts.

A study from Cornell University found that the list of close friends of Americans has now reduced to two.

Survey Finds Parents Help Underage Kids Lie to Sign Up on Facebook
A new survey has found that a number of parents are helping their underage children to sign up on Facebook by assisting them in lying about their age.

Study researcher Matthew Brashears said, “Although this shrinking social network makes us potentially more vulnerable, we're not as socially isolated as scholars had feared. Rather than our networks getting smaller overall, what I think may be happening is we're simply classifying a smaller proportion of our networks as suitable for important discussions.”

Source-Medindia

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