Are You a Friending Addict?

According to a new study published today, women on Facebook are becoming “hooked on the urge to ‘acquire’ more and more friends”. The article continues to explain that David Smallwood, a psychologist, “claims women are vulnerable to the addition as they get their self worth from relationships and Facebook compels them to seek out hundred of cohorts.”

The article also suggested that the feminization of the web is being driven by social networking sites. Just last year there was a report published which suggested females between 25 and 49 were spending more time on the web then their male counterparts.

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