Though social networking commentator Laurel Papworth doubt the fact, researchers at Canada's York University said that If you are obsessed with your status updates and picture uploads on Facebook, you are probable an online narcissist and your behaviour is related to egotism and low self-esteem.
"They probably show that narcissist trait offline as well, but online, they update a lot and always write about where they are or who they're with," News.com.au quoted Australian Facebook researcher Julian Cole as saying.
However, Laurel Papworth said this was not true. "I would expect that to be true of a broadcast site like YouTube or MySpace, but Facebook is where you communicate with your inner circle of friends and it mimics your everyday behaviour," Papworth said. Instead, users were "trying to show that they feel loved by friends writing comments back," she added. And, I believe that most social media users, in their close circles, follow one common online behavior: "I-promise-to-listen-I-promise-to-respond-to-your-questions".
True, there is a "reciprocity" to online friendship that mimics real life. If a friend leaves a voicemail, do you ignore it? We sometimes take the urgency into social networks :)
Thanks for the reference :)
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Posted by: Laurel Papworth | 09/05/2010 at 01:55 PM
Thanks for your comment. I've had those moments too many times to discount them as coincidence... but, still, surprisingly, I give more priority to my Twitter DMs & replies and Facebook messages than the txt messages on my cell phone.
Posted by: Soumyaranjan Dash | 09/05/2010 at 05:26 PM
In a recent, totally unsurprising study, researchers found that narcissists use Facebook as a portal for obsessive self-promotion, calling it "a gateway for hundreds of shallow relationships and emotionally detached communication." The study noted that while while guys did most of their bragging in the "About Me" section, female Facebook narcissism tends to manifest as (sigh) posting lots and lots of photos of oneself.
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