Social network users have twice as many friends online as in real life

Research finds that one in 10 people has either met their best friend online or believes they will meet good friends on webAfter clocking up more than a few acquaintances online, it might come as a particular blow for keen social networkers like Barack Obama, or even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg himself.But it seems – whisper it – that there really is something in that lingering suspicion that most users of social networking sites have more friends in cyberspace than reality.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/09/social-network-users-friends-online

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