Indeed. Conflicting info. NOTE: I did NOT read the article. If I'd guess I'd say close friendships meaning is now more shallow. Or: younger demographics are a

Indeed. Conflicting info. NOTE: I did NOT read the article. If I'd guess I'd say close friendships meaning is now more shallow. Or: younger demographics are against the wider trend. We can also extrapolate this to unrelated topics, like friend groups. Granted, completely unscientific. But if you know two or three different friend groups and have a brain cell or two, you'll notice group-member-patterns. The Joker; the athletic; the geek; etc.. The question I'm trying to get to is: will the search for authenticity in a subgroup of a greater acquaintace group push you toward the fringes?