11th Sep 2007

Cyberfriends let you down, they do

Online social networking may not be as deep as people think according to an interesting article by Dick Alstrom in today’s Irish Times. Sites such as BeBo and FaceBook have made it possible to recruit a network of ‘millions’ of friends online but according to today’s article, don’t count on them if you need a hand!

Alstrom was reporting on research being carried out at Sheffield Hallan University by Dr Will Reader at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival in York.

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