The More Friends You Have on Facebook, the More Stressed Out You'll Be

A new report by the University of Edinburgh Business School in the U.K. finds that having more Facebook friends leads to a more stressful life. Why? Well, basically, having such a diverse network of friends and family members in one place drastically increases the chance that your status updates will offend someone. Thus the process of crafting a post becomes stressful. The more people in your network, the worse the problem. Think of the old Facebook as a party with you and your closest friends. Now think of the new Facebook as a party with you and your closest friends and thirty random people you went to high school with and your mom. Voila. From The Atlantic:

By Tom Z

November 30, 2012