Survey reveals that 1 in 3 people wouldn't spend time with Facebook friends offline

Survey reveals that 1 in 3 people wouldn't spend time with Facebook friends offline

Hanging out with people you’re friends on Facebook could sound like a leisurely, fun-filled event for a few people but a survey has revealed that one in three people do not like their Facebook friends enough to spend time with them outside of the Interwebz. The survey has revealed that while users would rather not spend time with their Facebook friends in real life, they wouldn’t delete them from their profiles to avoid missing out on gossip. Sounds like a leaf out of our own books, doesn’t it? Think of your old classmate from college you barely interacted with but are still friends with on Facebook.

Y"Let's just be Facebook friends!" (Image credit: Getty Images)

It has been pointed out in the survey that users feel the need to spend time together with an average of ten percent of people on their list of friends. The survey was conducted on 2,863 adults over the age of 18, out of which 34 percent admitted that they have Facebook friends they end up ignoring in real life. They only end up staying connected with these friends in case they need to contact them, because they are related or because they wish to see their photos on Facebook. Now, what good is Facebook if you don’t end up seeing random flame wars and arguments over absolutely petty issues? A good 20 percent of the Facebook users surveyed admitted that they end up getting embroiled in arguments over ambiguous or vague statuses. These are the guys that really make Facebook entertaining, folks. With the emergence of the Facebook-friends culture, the survey revealed that some respondents felt intimidated at the prospect of cutting ties online with one in four of them being frightened of the potential consequences of doing something of this sort.

On a more serious note, a worrying trend has emerged from this survey too. Around a fifth of people admitted that they used Facebook’s services to spy on kids and loved ones. George Charles, Marketing Director of VoucherCodesPro, the company behind this survey explained this trend succinctly. “It seems with the results of this study, the old saying about keeping your friends close, but your enemies even closer, is definitely alive and well even in today’s society with our reliance on the internet,” he said.

(With inputs from agencies)

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