Facebook Builds Stronger Bonds Than Twitter, Study Says

Here's one simple way to strengthen your real-world ties: Friends, relatives, colleagues and pals on Facebook.

The social network's structure naturally promotes stronger friendships, a study led by Indiana University post-doctoral research fellow Emilio Ferrara found.

Researchers examined millions of Facebook users and their social relationships. The data scientists measured community sizes, intimacy within friend circles and interactions using the Label Propagation Algorithm a statistical formula that can collect and process information coming from large-scale networks such as Facebook.

The study's results confirm all the time we're spe…
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