Who are seeking friends? the portrait of stranger-seeker in social network sites

Authors:
Xitong Yue;Yuanyuan Shi;Huajian Cai
Affiliations:
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China;Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China;Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China
Venue:
OCSC'13 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Online Communities and Social Computing
Year:
2013

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Abstract

We aim to understand the stranger seeking behaviors on Social Network Sites (SNSs) and learn about the characteristics of these people who frequently seek strangers (stranger-seeker). By conducting two surveys, we obtain an overall acknowledgement of stranger seeking behavior and give a portrait of stranger-seekers in social network sites. We find: stranger-seekers are extroversive, narcissism, in poor family relationship, motivated to seek belongingness, but without a larger proportion of strange friends. This finding may contribute to personal attractiveness oriented online product design.