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February 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Loners only end up irritating their few existing mates with whinging remarks, says new research
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Simon Tomlinson
Last updated at 9:20 PM on 2nd February 2012
Alienating: Trawling Facebook in search of new friends can actually make you more lonely, new research claims
Loners who use Facebook in a bid to make new friends only end up annoying the few pals they already have, new research claims.
Findings reveal that people suffering low self-esteem who sign up to Facebook often end up over-sharing personal information and moaning.
This presents a negative image of them which irritates existing friends and puts new ones off from getting close to them.
Canadian researchers say that despite Facebook being seen by many as an easy and fun way of making new friends, posting too many negative or self-pitying status updates can actually annoy online ‘friends.’
And whingers who post the occasional cheerful update received far more replies and attention from friends when they kept things upbeat.
The team, from the University of Waterloo conducted a study to see how a person’s self-esteem influences online postings.
They conducted experiments asking students their opinions of Facebook. Those with low self-esteem said they thought it was a good way of meeting new people and saw it as ‘a safe place that reduces the risk of awkward social situations.’
Students were also asked for their last ten status updates, which were rated according to how positive or negative they were.
A different student unknown to the poster was then asked to rate how much they liked the person behind each set of status updates.
Thumbs down: The study found that users with low self-esteem were less liked on Facebook because they posted more negative comments
Results, published in journal Psychological Science, revealed that people with low self esteem made more negative posts and were therefore less liked.
Study author Amanda Forest defended letting strangers pass judgement on someone they’d never met, claiming many Facebook friends have never met in real life.
She said: ‘We had this idea that Facebook could be a really fantastic place for people to strengthen their relationships.
‘People with low self-esteem were more negative than people with high self-esteem – and those we asked to judge liked them less.
‘The students who judged were strangers, but that’s realistic. In earlier research, we found that nearly half of Facebook friends are actually strangers or acquaintances, not close friends.”
She added: ‘So people with low self-esteem may feel safe making personal disclosures on Facebook – but they may not be helping themselves.
‘If you’re talking to somebody in person and you say something, you might get some indication that they don’t like it, that they’re sick of hearing your negativity.
‘However, when people have a negative reaction to a post on Facebook, they seem to keep it to themselves. Problems arise because you don’t see most of the reactions.’
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I dont see facebook as a way of making friends.. but I keep in touch with family and friends through facebook, if I get a friend request from someone and I dont have a clue who they are, i just ignore it… im not on facebook to make myslef look popular or to bump up the number of friends someone has!
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Actualy its an anti social network.
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I place my friends in one section (which accumulating over 20 years, I have a few hundred) and I have another section for my fans who read my books.
I can see the downside of facebook and yes I guess for some people who are addicted to the internet would spend ALL the time on the site would get lonely; yet as Margaret Atwood stated in a tweet some time ago, ‘twitter and facebook are good platforms for social networking’. I know a lot of people who use facebook for business and it works for them. I do the same thing and it works for me. No, I don’t talk to everyone, but that’s not the point. My fans are able to see the updates I have for them; if they wish to speak to me they can, if they wish to delete me they can. I don’t know why people hate facebook if they aren’t on it! Don’t mock what you don’t have. It works for a lot of us, if you don’t like it, ignore it and leave everyone else alone.
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If my any of my Facebook friends post a deliberately attention seeking self-depricating status, I ‘Like’ it to be annoying back to them.
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Fact, anyone using Facebook is sharing there personal details with the USA security services, make a joke about America, or maybe a anti American statement, and you could face extradition, take care what you post, and always avoid posting your personal details.
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I can’t say I use Facebook to make friends. I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family I know outside of Facebook.
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facebook is rubbish for making new friends, if you try adding people you don’t know its considered spam :/
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This is really true, I am ‘friend’s’ with a couple of my husband’s old (real life) friends and they are so negative, only ever seem to do a status update when they’ve got something to complain about. One of them is so passive-aggressive I have to bite my tongue. I’ve now set it to ignore their posts…
FB is not for making new friends, it’s for existing friends family to stay in touch in my opinion. I have about 200 and don’t have any who aren’t also real life friends or family
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“I’ve always wondered how people end up with over 500 or so “friends” Isn’t that a bit risky because unless your very careful people you don’t know will learn more about your personal life and who knows what could happen.- Mark, WATFORD, 03/2/2012 06:25″———————-Its a bit risky putting all that info on the internet full stop.
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I always wonder how someone on Facebook can have 1000+ long friend list?!! I bet they won’t be able to name them all!! There is no competition going on ‘How Many Friends?’.
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