The Reality of Facebook Friends - An Experiment

Experiment Topic: The Reality of Facebook Friends

Aim: To find out how much of a friend a person must be to become another person's friend on Facebook.

Hypothesis: To the level of an acquaintance

Method:

(1) Start an alter ego account in the name of Andrew *********

(2) Add 150 people at random, from One Piece interest groups.

(3) Post links and status updates.

(4) Respond all wall posts and messages in a friendly manner.

Results and Findings:

i) Only 3 people (out of 150) messaged to ask how they know me i.e. "Hi, where have we met before? Where do i know you from?"

ii) About 90% of the 150 accepted my friend request, and that number comes to about 135.

iii) A further 15+ people request me to be their friend.

iv) In 14 days i had around this many friends on Facebook.

v) 12 people wished me a happy birthday


vi) And finally, 13 people tagged me in their 'All my friends' photo via the 'All my friends' Facebook application. 13 people - significantly more than the number of people who tagged me in the 'All my friends' on my real account.


Conclusion:

a. It is very possible and extremely easy to become Facebook friends with people you have never before met in real life.

b. People generally don't mind adding random friends on Facebook.

c. Having more friends on Facebook can help a person gain more confidence for making friends in the real world.

"You Are What I Never Knew I Always Wanted"

Boys do not stand in a position to comment on whether they are attractive to girls or not.
Because they are boys.

And, the same with girls regarding boys.

Brotherly Love

I have a lot of fun stuffing around with my brother. As shown below:






Above picture is my brother doing stupid things. Or 3 of the 4 pictures above, actually.

During our family holiday in August, Abe has finally come to accept that brothers can and do hug.

"The Average Person Thinks He Isn’t"

1. I have to say, truly, this is the first time i've ever seen Chinese people line up.

You can see the line wiggling up and down, and extending out of the photo. Chinese shoppers lining up for a bus? Totally rare and i was very pleasantly surprised!!

2. And this is what we get up to in our spare time.


That's right, my brother and i fight a lot. Also a lot of verbal abuse on the lines of somebody being stupid, or fat.

3. 'Deception' paints funny imagery in my head. And it's happening in my neighbourhood. I wonder what types of deception my neighbours are falling for.

Breathing Technique

I've been known to not be able to run long distance.
--> Today i figured out why.
--->I forget to breathe.

Today, i ran home from the station, and i wasn't tired after i was home, carrying a bag. I used the breathe(in + in + out) technique.

Figured it out after all these years (!!) ...and my facial expression --> %$_@*

Reverse Culture Shock

The biggest reverse culture shock i have received after coming back to Australia is:

--> When i walk towards someone who is walking towards me, i steer right. And i hit them, sometimes. It has never been so severe before.

That is all.

Going on to another topic, birthday gifts and cards can be given to me at any time of the year (not that i'm expecting them).

Here's one i received not long ago.


Thanks girl and boy. Something weird like this is so fascinating to me.

Chinese A-Z II

"A" stands for Chinese Aerobic Morning Exercisers

Man dances shamelessly in mall walkway

Old energetic people doing some early morning taichi - out of sync

"B" stands for Chinese Bikey Gang

Took a while for these men to line up and pose - inside 'old-style street' of Shanghai

"C" stands for Chinese Christian Revival

Anymore obvious, and this shop would close down

"D" stands for Chinese Drinks Deliverer

Men who deliver these drinks usually have very very strong leg muscles, however little they may seem

"E" stands for Chinese Exotic Bird Performance

Sequence of events: (1) Customer pays bird owners money, (2) bird owners go onto the boat and order the birds to jump into the water, (3) birds look for fish in the water and come back up after 10 seconds, (4) if the birds don't come out of the water with fish, the customer gets their money back

"F" stands for Chinese Foreigner (at the Markets)

The t-shirt the 'lao wai' foreigner is wearing says: "No DVD, No Watch, No Souvenir, No Handbag, No Sunglasses, No Tattoo, No... Maybe Massage"

"G" stands for Chinese Garden Water Waster (!)

Man wasting water in Fudan University - On-lookers not impressed


(Picture of the time frame - but it is too wide!) Wonder Girls - look it up Google