Have you met somebody recently and you’re not sure if they are a prick or an airhead? One quick fire way to find out this information...go check their Facebook or Twitter it will take you all of 2 seconds to get the answer to your question. We now live in a social network oriented society where it is deemed unusual if you do not have an online presence. More and more people are setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts. These accounts can showcase a person’s personality to its bare bones. I recently read a study where Researchers established a direct link between the number of friends you have on Facebook and the degree to which you are a narcissist. The study went onto say that these people suffered from these two things;
Grandiose Exhibitionism (GE) GE includes "self-absorption, vanity, superiority, and exhibitionistic tendencies" and people who score high on this aspect of narcissism need to be constantly at the centre of attention.
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Entitlement/Exploitativeness (EE) The EE aspect includes "a sense of deserving respect and a willingness to manipulate and take advantage of others".
‘Carol Craig, a social scientist and chief executive of the Center for Confidence and Well-being, said young people in Britain were becoming increasingly narcissistic and Facebook provided a platform for the disorder.’
If anyone knows me this is something I have been harping on for ages. So I have pulled my own years of research (LoL) into a step by step guide to suffers of GE and EE
That person with over a thousand friends
‘The research revealed that the higher someone scored on aspects of GE, the greater the number of friends they had on Facebook, with some amassing more than 800.’
They went on like 800 is a big number, when more and more people are well over a 1000 some easily into 2000. All these people with these numbers of ‘so called friends’ (I say so called friends because in reality who do you know who hangs out with a thousand people) have all the same traits. Fully gassed, loves themselves and professional posers. The article went onto say
'Those scoring highly on EE and GE were also more likely to accept friend requests from strangers and seek social support, but less likely to provide it, according to the research.'
These people love to collect facebook friends for one sole purpose ‘Attention’ In terms of females it’s that girl with a profile picture with the focus on her chest all spilling out of her top, she has well over a 1000 friends licking her arsehole with constant likes and comments on her picture’s, and she doesn’t or even wants to strike up a conversation with these guys just loves the attention that’s a heavy case of GE and EE
The Facebook update status warrior
We all know this person the person who doesn’t let their statuses' breath; constantly updating them with 5 minute intervals with complete and utter nonsense about how fantastic their lives are but yet they spend 24/7 telling you about it which poses the question when do they live these fantastic lives'? this is Grandiose Exhibitionism to a T
The guy who states his A CEO in his work section
I am not going to lie there was a time I would have done this (with only the viewpoint to attract girls) but I was lucky enough to not let the gas get to me and I smelt the fresh air of humbleness. We all seen that guy who claim to be a CEO of their company (which they run from their bedrooms) what board of directors are you reporting to mate? The definition of an CEO 'Is an individual appointed as a CEO of a corporation, company, organisation, or agency typically reporting to the board of directors' the last time I checked your hustle doesn’t have a board of directors. Now I am not having a go at people who are on trying to set up a business, I applaud people who have an entrepreneurship spirit, but its people who claim to be a CEO (gas mode to try and gas up other people’s heads usually females) when they are anything but. If your business is not trading and making money it is not a business it’s just a plan so allow the fancy titles and concentrate on making your business idea a reality.
Constant Profile picture changes
This is self explanatory but I shall go on. That person who will change their profile picture 5 times a day at least...two words....Grandiose Exhibitionism
The self tagging fiends
The person who is constantly tagging themselves in everything and anything, the picture of their new haircut, the picture of some lame cake they baked, the picture of their McDonalds breakfast, the picture of their paper cut on their finger, the picture of their new trainers, the picture of Nandos as they are about to enter, the picture of their Nandos, the picture of their eaten Nandos; you get the picture.
