Cory Doctorow has written an interesting blog-post about how social networks have their own 'red button' for self destruction. There comes a moment that you get too many friends, which is unavoidable when you accept all the friend requests a person receives. While in theory services like Facebook are great to keep track of contacts, in the end you'll have people on there who you're not really befrienden with. Which causes an exodus to the next network to start over again.
The main problem is that you have to mix too many people together and can't distinguish between those close to you and those you met once on a party. While it's not-done to remove someone from your friends list it's something that we should start with. People have to be aware that you can't be befriended with everyone you know. There is a gap between the strong and the weak ties that you have. And this is for everyone, every single one of us. We shouldn't be hurt if we're not part of a person's inner circle because, if it wasn't for Facebook and other social networks, we wouldn't know either.
Sources: InformationWeek
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