在网络社交时代，我们动则就有数百好友，但是亲密朋友的数量却还不及网络尚未普及的时代

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Matthew Brashears
University of Cornwell

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In this age of Facebook and Twitter, we are all supposed to have hundreds of friends. But in fact most of us have just two people we would consider to be close friends -- down from an average of three 25 years ago, a study claims. Researchers say this is no cause for concern. Instead, they claim that while some of us may be getting "more vulnerable", many are simply becoming more adept at deciding who they can trust to be a close confidant. The figure contrasts sharply with the race among the young to collect as many "friends" as possible on social networking sites to prove their popularity. According to Facebook the average user has 130 friends, but many of these are chance acquaintances or people they will never meet in real life. But according to Matthew Brashears from the University of Cornwell, although this shrinking social network "makes us potentially more vulnerable, we're not as socially isolated as scholars had feared".
在这个Facebook和Twitter盛行的时代，按理说我们每人都应该有数百位朋友。 然而有研究称，事实上我们中的大多数人只有两个亲密的朋友，而25年前人均好友数量为3个。 研究人员认为并不需要为此担心。他们指出，尽管我们当中有一部分人可能会变得“更脆弱”，但很多人只是更善于判定自己能够信任的知己密友罢了。 这一数据和年轻人为了证明自己的人气争相在社交网站上加尽可能多的“好友”形成了强烈对比。 Facebook的数据显示，平均每位用户有130名“好友”，但这些“好友”中的许多人都是偶然认识的人，或根本不会在现实生活中遇见的人。 康威尔大学的马修•布莱希尔斯说，尽管缩小的好友圈子“可能会让我们更脆弱，但我们并不像学者们所担心的那样孤立”。