With the goal of widespread peer acceptance, social media sites can be used to gain familiarity amongst your peers and later realize your place amongst the group. ... During this time, teens are supposed to find more value in the quality of relationships rather than the quantity, friendships should become more and more intimate, sharing more secrets and feelings with a smaller number of people (McNeely, Blanchard, 2009). ...

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