Be that as it may, studies designed to test the hypothesis that
Facebook usage is primarily about impression management have
concluded that this is not usually the case. Back et al. (2010) and
Buss (2012) discovered that Facebook portrayals of individuals
tend to be accurate reflections of their personality rather than idealized
versions of themselves, and when Pempek, Yermolayeva,
and Calvert (2009) had 92 undergraduates keep a diary of their
Facebook usage for 1 week, it was clear that their Facebook time
was primarily about social interaction and less about the expression
of identity. The fact that extraverts show more Facebook activity
than introverts (Gosling, Augustine, Vazire, Holtzman, & Gaddis,
2011) offers additional evidence that Facebook usage is heavily driven
by a desire for social interaction.