consequences of online social networking

While reading this article I was informed that Facebook started out as a social site that was only for students. Then eventually it evolved into one of the most popular social sites. I know you might think this is nothing new but I never had a face book ,nor have I seen the move about Facebook's creation. I found it interesting that according to the studies in this article talking online to people increased a persons self esteem. I would think meeting people in person and having face to face conversations would increase a persons self esteem.The finding of weather online social groups were different from real life social groups were exactly what I expected them to be. It makes sense that people would make more friends, and meet more people online then they would in real life (in person) social groups. I also found it interesting that women spend more time on online social networks then men but women are less likely to add new friends.