10 Amazing Facebook Facts You Probably Don't Know (or Don't Care)

Published on 11/22/2011 under Misc - by Gracie Murano - 156,249 views

Tweet

The average user has 130 friends

Are you worried about your popularity? The average number of friends on Facebook is 130, and women tend to have somewhat more than men. Yet despite having hundreds of friends, most people only interact regularly with 4 to 7 people.

So, what's YOUR number? (Link)

Over 25% of users have already been dumped via Facebook

A June 2010 survey of 1,000 Facebook users -- 70% of whom were male -- found that 25% had been "dumped" via Facebook (via their significant other updating his or her relationship status).

Twenty-one percent of those surveyed said they would end a relationship by changing their Facebook relationship statuses to "single." While worrisome, the survey does show the majority of people do not split up via Facebook.

PD: This photo is from a genuine FB status. (Link)

Facebook doesn't allow breastfeeding photos

Facebook, the popular social networking website, provoked a squall of maternal wrath when it yanked photos of breastfeeding babies that women had posted on their personal profiles because it deemed them a little too revealing. This, by the way, from a website that allows photos of women in thongs and bikinis and of couples making out; it has even accepted paid advertising for a dating website that featured a topless model. (The topless ad was taken down after angry women noted the hypocrisy.)

In response to the terse notices alerting mothers that they were violating Facebook's decency policy, "lactivists" responded with a virtual nurse-in; 11,000 women posted photos of themselves breastfeeding and/or updated their profiles to read: "Hey, Facebook. Breastfeeding Is Not Obscene!"

The pro-breastfeeding group has attracted over 250,000 members. (Link 1 | Link 2)

Facebook causes 1 in 5 Divorces

It used to be the tell-tale lipstick on the collar. Then there were the give-away texts that spelled the death knell for many marriages. But now one in five divorces involve the social networking site Facebook, according to a new survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

A staggering 80 per cent of divorce lawyers have also reported a spike in the number of cases that use social media for evidence of cheating. (Link)

Al Pacino was the first ‘face' on Facebook

Remember that sad-looking blue guy on Facebook's homepage who used to stare you down every time you went to log in? They did away with him in 2007, so if you were late to the social networking party, then you probably have absolutely no idea what we're talking about. Anyway according to David Kirkpatrick's The Facebook Effect , it turns out that that guy in the logo, created by Zuckerberg's friend and classmate Andrew McCollum, was none other than a young Al Pacino “covered with a fog of ones and zeros — the elementary components of digital media.” Crazy, right? (Link)

36% of users check Facebook, Twitter or texts after sex

Lighting a cigarette after sex? That's soooo last season.

An October 2009 study by Retrevo suggested that social networks are becoming an increasingly important part of young people's lives. Among under-35s, 36% admitted to "tweeting, texting and checking Facebook after sex." Forty percent of respondents admitted to doing so while driving, 64% said they do so at work, and 65% use these communication channels while on vacation. (Link)

Over 350million people suffer from Facebook Addiction Disorder

Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) is a term introduced by US phychologists for those who are addicted to Facebook and their life is really affected by their uncontrolled activities on Facebook. The most common effects are the loss of productivity, the inability to concentrate, the superficiality of friendships as well as isolation in the extreme cases.

It has been said that approximately 350 million people are suffering from the disorder. (Link)

Facebook users have lower grades than non-users

According to a new study by doctoral candidate Aryn Karpinski of Ohio State University and her co-author Adam Duberstein of Ohio Dominican University, college students who use the 800 million–member social network have significantly lower grade-point averages (GPAs) than those who do not.

The study, made in 2009, surveyed 219 undergraduate and graduate students and found that GPAs of Facebook users typically ranged a full grade point lower than those of nonusers — 3.0 to 3.5 for users versus 3.5 to 4.0 for their non-networking peers. It also found that 79% of Facebook members did not believe there was any link between their GPA and their networking habits. (Link)

Burger King gave away free burgers to users who unfriended people on Facebook

In January 2009, an advertising campaign from Burger King titled “WHOPPER Sacrifice” rewarded Facebook users a free “Angry Whopper” for publicly deleting 10 friends, who would then receive a blunt message informing they were deleted for a free hamburger. The campaign, conceived by Burger King agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky and executed by Refresh Partners, used the tag line “Friendship Is Strong, but The Whopper Is Stronger.”

At press time the application had been downloaded more than 55,000 times and over 250,000 ‘friends' were sacrificed. (Link)

A man was arrested for openly asking his 13-year-old daughter for sex over Facebook

On perhaps one of the worst crimes perpetrated in Facebook, a Pennsylvania father was arrested for allegedly asking his teen daughter for sex over Facebook. John Forehand, 39, referred to himself as "Bad Daddy" in the online correspondence with his 13 year-old daughter, in which he openly propositioned her and made explicit sexual suggestions. Forehand told his daughter he had been having "inappropriate" dreams about her, and wrote to her, "I'll take very good care of my little girl."

The girl told her mother about the inappropriate Facebook messages, and she then alerted the police. The police captured Forehand by tricking him into coming to what he believed would be a meeting with his daughter. How sick is that? (Link)

Want to Know Your 'Real' FB Friends? Divide by 11! by vedant on 11/28/2011 4 votes A recent reserch published in a newspaper reveals that only one out of eveven Facebook friends are f(...) Have a great addition to the article? Contribute!

Subscribe by RSS: Subscribe by E-mail:	Share this: E-mail it Del.icio.us Share Tweet Corrections? Factual Grammar/Spelling

provided by: and

	Childhood Icons In The Real World
	Painfully Cute Kittens Wake Up From Nap
	Sunlight Is Now Available In Pill Form
	Pancake Stacking World Record Now Stands 2.5 Feet High
	Man Arrested 40 Times In One County
	For Balance Like This, Man Gets 'Board' Out Of His Mind

 

 

	10 Far-out Valentine's Gifts
	10 Geekiest T-Shirts
	10 Coolest Bathroom Accessories
	10 Coolest Computer Mice
	12 Funniest Wedding Cake Toppers
	12 Strangest Ties
	10 Coolest Bottle Openers
	10 Most Creative Holders
	10 Coolest USB Accessories
	10 Coolest USB Flash Drives

	11 Things You Won't Believe Governments Have Banned
	10 Gorgeous Women (Who Were Born Male) (NSFW / 18+)
	10 Handsome Men (Who Were Born Female) (NSFW / 18+)
	12 Disturbingly Weird Body Shapes (NSFW / 18+)
	14 Craziest Pregnancy Portraits (NSFW / 18+)
	12 Most Embarrassing Family Portraits
	12 Worst Tattoos of 2011 (NSFW / 18+)
	Another 10 Even Cooler Photos You Won't Believe Are Not Photoshopped
	12 of the Best – and geekiest – Cosplays Ever
	12 Hilarious Background Fails (NSFW / 18+)
	Another 10 Hilarious TV Photobombs (NSFW / 18+)
	12 Disturbing Child Pageant Photos
	10 Most Shocking Cases of Anorexia
	11 Hilarious Examples of False Advertising
	10 Unexpected Optical Illusions in Photos
	10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sex (NSFW / 18+)
	12 Hilarious Summer Pictures (NSFW / 18+)
	16 Hilarious Roommate Notes
	10 Hilarious Historical Facebook Updates
	Before and After Pics: 7 Amazing Transformations
	10 Craziest Pictures of Scarlett Johanssoning (NSFW / 18+)
	12 Most Inappropriate Halloween Costumes for Kids
	15 Funny People at the Beach

Oddee by Category:

Amazing Art

Cool Ads

Funny Signs

Funny Names

Cool Places

Strange People

Cool Objects

Cool Gift Ideas

Weird Science

Strange Stories

Bizarre Medical Stories

Fun Tech

Cool Home Design

Misc

Quickee

Search Oddee.com:

Sites we like:
I-am-bored | 2leep
CollegeHumor | Leenks
Gajitz | UniqueDaily
Uncoached | Unreality
DRB | Inspiratorium
WebUrbanist | Ecoist
IncredibleThings | Dornob
GorillaMask | Eat Liver Neatorama | Uphaa


Oddee.com makes PC Magazine's Top 100 Web Sites of 2008!

Great articles on other blogs: