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So having lots of friends and flattering pictures of your self makes you a narcissist? And here I thought I was alone in thinking everyone who plasters their p

So having lots of friends and flattering pictures of your self makes you a narcissist? And here I thought I was alone in thinking everyone who plasters their pictures on the internet is self obsessed.

chaostheory 18y ago
there's a hard number limit for how many good relationships you can realistically have with people. personally I think someone with say 500 'friends' either is a psuedo celeb or collects people like pokemon for their social network site
- unalone 18y ago
  Yeah, exactly. And it makes it really hard to do anything useful on Facebook. I only have 54 friends on it and I get useful info, and really sparse updates. It's useful rather than addictive.
  - LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
    What does it say about me that I don't have a Facebook account at all?
    - unalone 18y ago
      That you're not in a social environment that encourages Facebook. I'm in college, so it's much more useful to me.
      - tjpick 18y ago
        Peer pressure is the reason you use Facebook?
raganwald 18y ago
According to the post, narcissism is not just being 'self-obsessed,' but rather preferring breadth over depth in social relationships. Thus, they specifically pointed out that having a profile picture is not narcissistic, but using a glamour shot rather than a candid snapshot is narcissistic. My guess would be that the glamour shot--which represents you as you aren't--is there to foster attraction from people who don't know you well, while a candid snapshot reinforces your image with people you already know.